Climate Change

Peggy Shepard Joins Jane Fonda in the Hollywood Reporter – November 6, 2019

In a November 6, 2019 article in the Hollywood Reporter on Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Fridays weekly protest against the lack of progress in addressing climate change, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard raised the

Peggy Shepard Talks Climate Change with Jane Fonda for Harper’s BAZAAR Podcast – November 5, 2019

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard and Jane Fonda sat down for a one-on-one conversation on climate change, climate justice, and social justice at Le Chalet in Saks Fifth Avenue on November 5, 2019. The

Peggy Shepard Quoted in Bloomberg on Impact of Extreme Heat on African American Communities – October 7, 2019

In an October 7, 2019 Bloomberg Environment article on the health impacts of climate change on communities of color, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was quoted on the impact of extreme heat. Read the

Kerene N. Tayloe Offers Insight on Addressing Climate Change in Washington Informer – October 2, 2019

WE ACT’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene N. Tayloe, Esq. was quoted extensively in a Washington Informer article on Oct. 2, 2019. Not only did she discuss the challenges low-income communities and communities of color are facing because of

Global Climate Strike

Join us WE ACT staff, members, friends, & colleagues for the Global Climate Strike on Friday, Sept. 20th. We’ll be meeting at 11:30 AM in front of 100 Centre Street. We’ll leave there at noon to head over to Foley

Peggy Shepard Asks About Extreme Heat on CNN’s Climate Crisis Town Hall

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was invited to CNN’s Climate Crisis Town Hall on September 4th, 2019 and asked Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke how he would help Americans deal with extreme heat, one

WE ACT Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Kresge Foundation to Build Climate Resilience and Improve Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2019 Contact: Chris Dobens, 212-961-1000 ext. 320, chris@weact.org HARLEM, NY — WE ACT for Environmental Justice (WE ACT) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to advance policy solutions aimed at

WE ACT’s Faces of Flood Zones in Northern Manhattan

A New York City Climate Week – Sept. 23rd-29th – Social Media Campaign To better illustrate the impact of flooding driven by climate change in our communities, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and its partners are running a social media