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New York State Legislature Wins in Harlem World – June 11, 2021

Harlem World Magazine featured our two New York State legislative wins – the Family &d Fire Fighter Protection Act and Lead in School Drinking Water – in a June 11, 2021 article. Read the Article

Peggy Shepard Joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in East Harlem – May 4, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer invited Peggy Shepard and other environmental leaders to speak at his press conference in East Harlem on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 announcing the Clean Transit for America plan. Among the plan’s improvements for public transit,

Peggy Shepard on the Plastics Crisis in YES Magazine – May 10, 2021

In a May 10, 2021 article in YES Magazine, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard spoke about the environmental racism in the production and disposal of plastics as well as offered recommendations on how to

Peggy Shepard Talks About Environmental Racism on CBS News – April 23, 2021

In an interview for CBS News that aired on April 23, 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard talked about environmental racism, its impact on communities, and how organizations like WE ACT are tackling this

Peggy Shepard Addresses President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate – April 23, 2021

On April 23, 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard addressed President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, a two-day gathering of leaders from around the world to discuss how we can best work together to

Sonal Jessel Makes the Case for Electric School Buses in Governing Op-Ed – April 19, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Policy Sonal Jessel, M.P.H. co-authored an April 19, 2021 Op-Ed in Governing with the Amalgamated Transit Union’s International President John A. Costa in which they make the case for replacing dirty diesel school

Peggy Shepard Urges EPA to Address Systemic Issues in the Guardian – April 7, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was quoted in an April 7, 2021 article in the Guardian on how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is refocusing the agency to advance environmental justice,

Peggy Shepard Featured in Washington Post History of Environmental Justice – April 6, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard and WE ACT Board Member & Metropolitan Group Executive Vice President Vernice Miller-Travis were featured in an April 6, 2021 interactive Washington Post article on the history of the

Taylor Morton on Toxics in Beauty Products in Retailer Report Card in CNN – March 30, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Environmental Health & Education Taylor Morton was quoted in the March 30, 2021 CNN story on the Mind the Store campaign’s Retailer Report Card, explaining the disproportionate threat that toxic chemicals in beauty

Corina Fuentes Environmental Health in Affordable Housing Op-Ed in Giving Compass – March 26, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Development Writer Corina Fuentes wrote an Op-Ed in Giving Compass on March 26, 2021 on the importance of addressing environmental health issues in public housing. Read the Op-Ed