"The Mothers of East L.A. Transform Themselves and Their Neighborhood"
Title
"The Mothers of East L.A. Transform Themselves and Their Neighborhood"
Description
A clipping from an article that describes the Mothers of East L.A. (MELA) and their rise to prominence. MELA began as a group of 100 Latina women who came from disadvantaged backgrounds. The group's logo - a Virgin Mary-like figure who is cradling a child - illustrates how children continued to galvanize environmental activism in the 1980s. MELA cited the vulnerability of children as a key reason to combat threats as varied as a state penitentiary to an industrial waste incinerator in Vernon.
Creator
Jose Galvez (photographer)
Louis Sahagun (writer)
Louis Sahagun (writer)
Source
L.A. Times
Publisher
L.A. Times
Date
1989-8-13
Files
Citation
Jose Galvez (photographer)
Louis Sahagun (writer), “"The Mothers of East L.A. Transform Themselves and Their Neighborhood",” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed April 23, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/351.