Who is P.E.R.R.O.?
P.E.R.R.O stands for Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization. We are a grassroots community group of Pilsen residents that formed in 2004 to fight the disproportionate amount of pollution in the Pilsen neighborhood. P.E.R.R.O. believes all people have the right to live in a clean and healthy environment, regardless of their race and class.
MISSION
Our mission is to advocate and strive for environmental justice to make Pilsen and surrounding impacted communities cleaner and healthier places to live, work, and raise families.
VALUES
- Financial and political independence.
- Mutual Trust and Respect: We value mutual trust and respect by acknowledging the complexity and diversity of all people and their lived experiences.
- Collective decision-making: All people have a voice and the ability to influence decision-making.
- Intergenerational leadership: Empowerment of youth voices.
- Spirit of collaboration: We value collaboration with like-minded organizations.
- Openness, transparency, and accountability in all of our actions.
- Action towards environmental reform.
VISION
Our vision is a community in harmony with air, water, land, and the living world, one where we have democratic and economic power, equitable access to housing, food, green, natural, non-intrusive spaces and meaningful employment.
GOALS
Advocating for the health and safety of the Pilsen community.
- Informing residents about the health dangers of pollution from all sources in Pilsen.
- Working with the city departments, the EPA, elected officials, and community-based organizations at all levels to develop a solution for reducing pollution and making Pilsen a cleaner place to live, work, and breathe.
- Achieving a significant reduction in pollution from industrial sources in Pilsen.
- Achieving this cleanup without causing industrial jobs or businesses to be lost.