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Juana Gutierrez
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She founded Madres de Este Los Angeles (MELASI) which defeated a proposal to build a prison near her home, and later a proposal to place a toxic dump and oil pipeline nearby. According to the National Women"s History Project, MELASI also helped with the problems of "crime, unemployment, failing schools, dangerous working conditions, and pesticide-filled foods". They established a scholarship fund, giving more than $300,000 to local students, and a water conservation program that employed 22 people and built a community garden.
Gutierrez’s work has been featured in the former Soviet Union, Australia, and Europe.
Her archives are in the Urban Archive Collection at the California State University, Northridge.
