Climate Justice

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

Heat, Health, & Equity

We are looking for volunteers to participate in 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 impacts of extreme

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

Kerene Tayloe Talks About Environmental Justice on Two Broads Talking Politics – September 9, 2019

Director of Federal Legislative Affairs for Kerene Tayloe talks about environmental justice, CNN’s Climate Town Hall, urban heat islands, our Worker Training program, and the greening of the economy on the Two Broads Talking Politics podcast. Listen to the Interview

Inwood Climate & Health Town Hall

Our Inwood Climate & Health Project has been working with Inwood residents over the past few months to prioritize these health impacts and develop an action plan for addressing them. Based on input from the community, we identified extreme heat

East Harlem / El Barrio Town Hall

Come Help Us Create an Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Corridor Along East 125th Street While Preserving the Community’s Cultural Identity and Creating Good Local Jobs East Harlem/El Barrio’s 125th Street corridor has fallen victim to years of neglect, underinvestment,

We Are El Barrio Arts & Culture Workshop

East Harlem is at a crossroads, facing a number of threats including climate change, development, and gentrification. WE ACT for Environmental Justice, in collaboration with Ascendant Neighborhood Development and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, is offering a series