Climate Change

East Harlem Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity

Do you live in East Harlem? Then come participate in this two-hour community planning workshops for our Heat, Health, & Equity project. These workshops will be held in neighborhoods throughout Northern Manhattan to develop policy recommendations to reduce the health

Central Harlem Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity

Do you live in Central Harlem? Then come participate in this two-hour community planning workshops for our Heat, Health, & Equity project. These workshops will be held in neighborhoods throughout Northern Manhattan to develop policy recommendations to reduce the health

Inwood & Washington Heights Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity

Do you live in Inwood or Washington Heights? Then come participate in this two-hour community planning workshops for our Heat, Health, & Equity project. These workshops will be held in neighborhoods throughout Northern Manhattan to develop policy recommendations to reduce

West Harlem Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity

Do you live in West Harlem? Then come participate in this two-hour community planning workshops for our Heat, Health, & Equity project. These workshops will be held in neighborhoods throughout Northern Manhattan to develop policy recommendations to reduce the health

Uptown Chats Panel on Community Power & Energy in Northern Manhattan

JOIN WE ACT, SOLAR ONE, AND CON EDISON FOR A SPECIAL UPTOWN CHATS PANEL ON DECEMBER 11! Come join us for our panel discussion on developing more pollution-free energy in our community. We’ll have experts talking about solar power,

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