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Growing up on Chicago’s Southwest Side, Rolando Favela lived across from a factory. Loading docks were his playground, he said, whereas trees and green spaces seemed to only exist in other parts of the city. Favela is now helping tackle this disparity as an environmental justice steward with the Southwest Collective. About seven volunteers from the nonprofit are tree ambassadors, part of the ...

Pilot programs for tree ambassadors were launched in Little Village and North Lawndale, where volunteers were taught how to advocate for trees and to file 311 requests for viable planting locations.

Trees can soak up water dumped during intense storms, which already disproportionately affect communities on the South and West sides with basement flooding. And they can lower neighborhood temperatures.

Neighborhood volunteers and professionals from the Chicago Regional Trees Initiative planted 20 trees at a ceremony earlier this month.

Washington State University mandates COVID-19 vaccines for fall semester The school will require students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated before the start of fall semester. Author: Chris Daniels Updated: 8:08 PM PDT April 30, 2021 PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University campus is relatively quiet, wrapping up another semester of remote learning with few students and staff milling about. But with a new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the next sch...