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Literacy for Environmental Justice
Congratulations, Laura Hernandez, former LEJ Eco-Apprentice!
This week, we’re featuring our recent interview with Laura Hernandez, former LEJ Eco-Apprentice (2019). Laura is now working for Youth Outside as a Program Coordinator. Check out our interview to learn about their new role and their reflections on their time at LEJ.
2020 Annual Report
Welcome to our 2019-2020 Annual Report. Please enjoy and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Full Annual Report Full Report PDF Printer-friendly Version Executive Summary
The Native Plant Nursery & Community Garden is Expanding!
LEJ in partnership with California State Parks will be breaking ground at 1150 Carroll Avenue this fall. Our Native Plant Nursery and Community Garden expansion will provide local jobs, access to nature, healthy food, green infrastructure, and ecological restoration...
Read about LEJ in the News!
Patrick and Nicole were interviewed by Eric Simons for this Op-Ed piece in Bay Nature Magazine. Here's what Nicole had this to say about the impact of Covid-19: "[Candlestick] it’s like a forgotten zone. That existed before, but COVID illuminated that no one’s...
Eco-Apprentice Spotlight: Chantelle Hernandez
Chantelle is celebrating her one year anniversary as an Eco-Apprentice at LEJ and we’re honored to share her story. Chantelle grew up in the Philippines and immigrated to the Bay Area when she was 18 years old with many of her...
A Call for Equity and Inclusion
Literacy for Environmental Justice stands in solidarity with those demanding justice for the atrocious crimes against members of the Black community.It will take commitment from us all to do the work, to educate ourselves, to speak up, to fight racism in all its...
Internship Announcement: Restoration Technician Eco-Apprenticeship
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) is a place-based nonprofit organization which for twenty yearshas strengthened at-risk communities and the natural environment in southeast San Francisco, with anemphasis on engagement with children and youth. Our work has...
Jawanza Barial-Lumumba on Engaging with LEJ Past and Present
My name is Jawanza Barial-Lumumba and I’m not only a member of the Board of Directors for Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), I was a youth participant once upon a time. LEJ provided many tools and resources that helped me...
Making Bayview Hunters Point a More Resilient Community
Earlier this week, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. At this moment, everyone is eager. Eager to leave the house, eager to get to the gym, eager to get back to work. In other words, there is an eagerness to get back to the grind of "business as usual"....
How LEJ is Supporting Essential City Services
LEJ is slowly emerging from the cocoon it’s been wrapped in for the last few weeks. As of this Tuesday, we are slowly easing back into plant operations. We are fortunate that the urban greening work we do to support the public infrastructure projects on Treasure...