Events
Here are the upcoming events happening at WE ACT. We update this calendar frequently, so please check back soon. You can also sign up for our newsletter or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more event alerts.
Past Events
Nov 05, 2016
Community Charrette
Event DetailsNov 12, 2016
Urban Communities Organizing for Climate Resilience Conference
Event DetailsJan 09, 2017
Climate Emergency Preparedness Kick-Off Meeting
Event DetailsJan 14, 2017
January 2017 Membership Meeting
Event DetailsJan 18, 2017
HDFC Solar Workshop
Event DetailsJan 21, 2017
Women's March on NYC - Northern Manhattan Meetup
Event DetailsFeb 02, 2017
Rally: Urge Schumer to Resist Trump's Anti-Environmental Agenda
Event DetailsFeb 11, 2017
February 2017 Membership Meeting
Event DetailsFeb 13, 2017
Climate Action at Critical NY State Budget Hearing
Event DetailsMar 10, 2017
NYU Tirsch School - Climate Action Conference
Event DetailsMar 11, 2017
March 2017 Membership Meeting
Event DetailsMar 23, 2017
2017 Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change Webinar Series
Event DetailsMar 25, 2017
Visioning Climate Justice in Northern Manhattan
Event DetailsApr 06, 2017
How to Lobby Your Elected Officials
Event DetailsApr 08, 2017
April 2017 Member Meeting
Event DetailsApr 08, 2017
People's Climate March Art Build
Event DetailsApr 21, 2017
WE ACT Presents Earth Day Book Talk with Dr. Dorceta Taylor
Event DetailsApr 29, 2017
People's Climate March - Washington D.C.
Event DetailsMay 13, 2017
May 2017 Member Meeting
Event DetailsMay 31, 2017
"Solar Uptown NOW!" HDFC Meeting
Event DetailsJun 10, 2017
June 2017 Membership Meeting with Rep. Espaillat
Event DetailsJun 13, 2017
Asthma-Free Housing Bill (385) Hearing
Event DetailsJul 08, 2017
Summer of Resistance BBQ
Event DetailsJul 13, 2017
Federal Policy Training
Event DetailsJul 26, 2017
NYC Council District 8 Candidates Forum
Event DetailsAug 03, 2017
Black & Green Summer Movie: Sacred Water
Event DetailsAug 04, 2017
Black and Green Summer Movie: Poisoned Water
Event DetailsAug 30, 2017
Stand with Charlottesville: An Uptown Conversation
Event DetailsSep 09, 2017
September Membership Meeting with NRDC's Al Huang
Event DetailsOct 14, 2017
October Membership Meeting: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
Event DetailsOct 28, 2017
5 Years After Sandy: We Remember, We Resist, We Rise
Event DetailsNov 11, 2017
Annual Membership Meeting
Event DetailsJan 13, 2018
January 2018 Member Meeting
Event DetailsFeb 10, 2018
February 2018 Member Meeting
Event DetailsMar 08, 2018
WE ACT presents #UptownChats with Mitch Silver
Event DetailsMar 10, 2018
March 2018 Member Meeting
Event DetailsMay 12, 2018
May Membership Meeting
Event DetailsMay 16, 2018
Symposium for CBOs: Community Benefits & Community Needs Assessments: How Can Hospitals Engage and Invest in the Health & Wellness of Our Neighborhoods?
Event DetailsJun 09, 2018
June Membership Meeting
Event DetailsJun 16, 2018
East Harlem Community Town Hall
Event DetailsJun 28, 2018
#UptownChats with Commissioner Kathryn Garcia of the NYC Department of Sanitation
Event DetailsJul 14, 2018
July Member Meeting
Event DetailsSep 08, 2018
2018 Candidates Forum
Event DetailsOct 04, 2018
Climate Justice Movie Night: Not Without Us
Event DetailsOct 13, 2018
October Membership Meeting
Event DetailsOct 16, 2018
WE ACT 30th Anniversary Awards & Gala
Event DetailsOct 20, 2018
Toxics and Treasures Environmental Justice Walking Tour of West Harlem
Event DetailsNov 01, 2018
Economic Justice Workshop
Event DetailsNov 04, 2018
Community Gardening Volunteer Day
Event DetailsNov 10, 2018
November Membership Meeting
Event DetailsNov 27, 2018
#UptownChats & #CreateNYC Office Hours with Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Event DetailsNov 29, 2018
November Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsJan 12, 2019
January Membership Meeting
Event DetailsJan 16, 2019
Cosmetics & Personal Care Products Community Briefing
Event DetailsJan 24, 2019
February Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsFeb 09, 2019
February Membership Meeting
Event DetailsFeb 19, 2019
Lobbying 101 Training
Event DetailsFeb 27, 2019
Climate Justice Working Group
Event DetailsMar 09, 2019
March Membership Meeting
Event DetailsMar 11, 2019
Participatory Budgeting and Outreach Training
Event DetailsMar 20, 2019
Green New Deal Accountability Forum
Event DetailsMar 26, 2019
Climate Justice Working Group
Event DetailsApr 03, 2019
Film Screening & Urban Heat Panel Discussion
Event DetailsApr 13, 2019
April Membership Meeting
Event DetailsApr 22, 2019
Earth Day Harlem Fun Run
Event DetailsApr 24, 2019
Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsApr 27, 2019
Swap Shop & Repair Fair
Event DetailsApr 30, 2019
Environmental Health & Justice Albany Advocacy Day
Event DetailsMay 11, 2019
May Membership Meeting
Event DetailsMay 15, 2019
UptownChats with Commissioner Gregg Bishop of the NYC Department of Small Business Services
Event DetailsMay 17, 2019
Rally for the CCPA
Event DetailsMay 22, 2019
May Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsMay 29, 2019
Albany Energy Advocacy Day with the Energy Democracy Alliance
Event DetailsMay 30, 2019
Albany Toxics-Free Advocacy Day with the JustGreen Partnership
Event DetailsJun 08, 2019
June Membership Meeting: Food Justice in 2019
Event DetailsJun 12, 2019
June Worker Training Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsJun 26, 2019
Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsJul 23, 2019
Uptown Chats with Chief Climate Policy Advisor to the NYC Mayor's Office Daniel Zarrilli
Event DetailsJul 27, 2019
WE ACT's Historic Harlem Scavenger Hunt
Event DetailsJul 27, 2019
Member BBQ
Event DetailsAug 14, 2019
Summer Movies: Rubbertown
Event DetailsAug 15, 2019
Summer Movies: The North Pole
Event DetailsAug 17, 2019
Community Conversation on Climate Change and Its Impacts on Public Health in Inwood
Event DetailsAug 25, 2019
Humming Puppy Yoga Fundraiser
Event DetailsAug 25, 2019
Stand Up NY Comedy Fundraiser
Event DetailsSep 05, 2019
We Are El Barrio Climate Resiliency Workshop
Event DetailsSep 07, 2019
Inwood Climate & Health Task Force Meeting - Create the Plan
Event DetailsSep 11, 2019
We Are El Barrio Preservation 101 Workshop
Event DetailsSep 14, 2019
September Membership Meeting: Energy Efficiency & Jobs
Event DetailsSep 19, 2019
We Are El Barrio Arts & Culture Workshop
Event DetailsSep 20, 2019
Global Climate Strike
Event DetailsSep 24, 2019
National Voter Registration Day
Event DetailsSep 26, 2019
NYCHA Action
Event DetailsOct 04, 2019
Patagonia UWS 20th Anniversary Party
Event DetailsOct 05, 2019
East Harlem / El Barrio Town Hall
Event DetailsOct 12, 2019
October Membership Meeting: Affordable & Healthy Housing
Event DetailsOct 14, 2019
Peggy Shepard & Diana Hernandez Discuss Energy, Health, & Justice in Northern Manhattan
Event DetailsOct 16, 2019
2019 Annual Gala
Event DetailsOct 17, 2019
Peggy Shepard & David Evans Discuss Addressing Environmental Health Risks in Northern Manhattan
Event DetailsOct 26, 2019
Inwood Climate & Health Town Hall
Event DetailsOct 31, 2019
PFAS Webinar: What Frontline Communities Need to Know About These Toxic Chemicals
Event DetailsNov 10, 2019
Mossville Documentary Screening
Event DetailsNov 13, 2019
Uptown Chats presents Beauty Inside Out
Event DetailsNov 16, 2019
Annual Membership Meeting: 2020 Policy Preview
Event DetailsNov 20, 2019
West Harlem Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity
Event DetailsDec 03, 2019
Inwood & Washington Heights Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity
Event DetailsDec 05, 2019
Central Harlem Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity
Event DetailsDec 07, 2019
East Harlem Workshop for Heat, Health, & Equity
Event DetailsDec 11, 2019
Uptown Chats Panel on Community Power & Energy in Northern Manhattan
Event DetailsJan 11, 2020
January Membership Meeting: Storytelling & State Policy
Event DetailsJan 16, 2020
Healthy Homes Working Group NYCHA Campaign Kickoff Meeting
Event DetailsJan 24, 2020
NEPA Webinar: What You Can Do to Fight the Proposed Changes
Event DetailsFeb 08, 2020
February Membership Meeting: Federal Policy & Writing Testimony Workshop
Event DetailsFeb 13, 2020
Environmental Justice Capacity-Building Grant Program Webinar
Event DetailsFeb 25, 2020
Albany Lobby Day for Toxic-Free Products
Event DetailsFeb 26, 2020
February Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsMar 14, 2020
March Membership Meeting: City Policy Campaigns
Event DetailsMar 18, 2020
Participatory Budgeting Outreach Training - Session 1 - CANCELED
Event DetailsMar 21, 2020
Participatory Budgeting Outreach Training - Session 2 - CANCELED
Event DetailsMar 26, 2020
Beauty Inside Out: Webinar on the Impacts of Toxic Chemicals on Women and Girls of Color
Event DetailsApr 22, 2020
Earth Day Albany Lobby Day for Energy Efficiency & Toxic-Free Products - CANCELED
Event DetailsMay 09, 2020
May Membership Meeting: Environmental Injustice & COVID-19 in Northern Manhattan
Event DetailsMay 12, 2020
Uptown Chats Virtual Panel on Climate Justice Education in New York
Event DetailsMay 19, 2020
Healthy Homes Working Group May Meeting
Event DetailsMay 27, 2020
Climate Justice Working Group May Meeting
Event DetailsMay 30, 2020
Spring Orientation: Come Learn About WE ACT and Its Membership
Event DetailsJun 04, 2020
The Pandemic & Pollution: A Panel Discussion on COVID-19 & Asthma
Event DetailsJun 04, 2020
Uptown Chats with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
Event DetailsJun 13, 2020
June Membership Meeting
Event DetailsJun 19, 2020
Juneteenth 2020
Event DetailsJul 11, 2020
July Membership Meeting: Town Hall on Extreme Heat & COVID-19 in NYC
Event DetailsJul 21, 2020
Healthy Homes Working Group Public Housing Campaign Kickoff Meeting
Event DetailsAug 08, 2020
August Membership Meeting: Housing
Event DetailsAug 18, 2020
Healthy Homes Working Group Looks at NYCHA's New Blueprint for Change Plan
Event DetailsAug 26, 2020
Climate Justice Working Group August Meeting
Event DetailsSep 01, 2020
Uptown Chats Presents Reopening Schools During COVID-19
Event DetailsSep 12, 2020
September Membership Meeting: Back to School Safely
Event DetailsSep 19, 2020
Climate Week NYC 2020
Event DetailsSep 28, 2020
Powering Change: New York Models for Equitable Energy Policy
Event DetailsOct 15, 2020
WE ACT's 2020 Annual Gala
Event DetailsNov 14, 2020
November Membership Meeting: Maternal Mortality
Event DetailsNov 19, 2020
Memorial for Cecil Corbin-Mark
Event DetailsDec 09, 2020
UPTOWN CHAT: Creating a Green Workforce - Community Based Solutions for a Diverse Green Jobs Sector
Event DetailsDec 12, 2020
December Membership Meeting: 2020 Review & 2021 Preview
Event DetailsJan 09, 2021
January Membership Meeting: Our NYCHA Voter Engagement Plan
Event DetailsJan 14, 2021
Spokesperson Training
Event DetailsJan 18, 2021
MLK Day NYCHA Voter Registration Drive
Event DetailsFeb 02, 2021
UPTOWN CHAT: Welcome to WE ACT
Event DetailsFeb 13, 2021
February Membership Meeting: Out of Gas, In with Justice
Event DetailsMar 13, 2021
March Membership Meeting: Manhattan Borough President Candidates Forum
Event DetailsMar 24, 2021
Climate Justice Working Group Natural Gas Ban Training
Event DetailsApr 10, 2021
April Membership Meeting: City Council Districts 7 & 10 Candidates Forum
Event DetailsApr 17, 2021
Earth Day 5K Virtual Fun Run
Event DetailsMay 05, 2021
Uptown Chats with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos
Event DetailsMay 08, 2021
May Membership Meeting: City Council Districts 8 & 9 Candidates Forum
Event DetailsMay 18, 2021
Rally to Phase Out Natural Gas in New Construction in New York City
Event DetailsMay 20, 2021
UPTOWN CHATS: New York City Comptroller Candidates Forum
Event DetailsMay 24, 2021
Mayoral Candidates Forum - First in Series
Event DetailsMay 25, 2021
Healthy Homes Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsJun 03, 2021
Ranked Choice Voting Webinar
Event DetailsJun 03, 2021
Public Advocate Candidates Forum with the Harlem Village Academy
Event DetailsJun 05, 2021
Mayoral Candidates Forum - Second in Series - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
Event DetailsJun 08, 2021
Healthy Homes Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsJun 11, 2021
Mayoral Candidates Forum - Third in Series
Event DetailsJun 12, 2021
June Membership Meeting: District Attorney Candidates Forum
Event DetailsJun 22, 2021
Healthy Homes Working Group Meeting
Event DetailsJun 29, 2021
UPTOWN CHATS: Toxics Are A Drag
Event DetailsJul 10, 2021
July Membership BBQ
Event DetailsSep 02, 2021
Redistricting Workshop
Event DetailsSep 08, 2021
Summer Movie: A Dream Deferred is CANCELED
Event DetailsSep 11, 2021
September Membership Meeting: Redistricting, NYCHA’s Blueprint, & Electric School Buses
Event DetailsSep 30, 2021
NYC Electric School Bus Rally
Event DetailsSep 30, 2021
Summer Movie: A Dream Deferred
Event DetailsOct 09, 2021
October Membership Meeting: Preventing Lead Poisoning
Event DetailsOct 21, 2021
WE ACT's 2021 Annual Gala
Event DetailsNov 13, 2021
November Membership Meeting: 2021 Review & 2022 Preview
Event DetailsJan 08, 2022
January Membership Meeting: New York City Policies
Event DetailsFeb 15, 2022
Cumulative Impacts Teach-In for the Environmental Health Advocacy Day
Event DetailsFeb 16, 2022
New York State Environmental Health Advocacy Day
Event DetailsFeb 17, 2022
Electrify the Empire State: Join the Rally for New York’s All Electric Building Act
Event DetailsFeb 22, 2022
Driving Down Pollution from the Transportation Sector
Event DetailsFeb 24, 2022
New York State Energy Efficiency, Equity, and Jobs Act Teach-In
Event DetailsMar 02, 2022
New York State Energy Efficiency, Equity, and Jobs Act Advocacy Day
Event DetailsMar 07, 2022
New York State Utility Debt Roundtable
Event DetailsMar 08, 2022
New York State Climate Justice Advocacy Day
Event DetailsMar 12, 2022
March Membership Meeting: Our 2022 Federal Policy Update
Event DetailsMar 24, 2022
New York State Energy Efficiency, Equity, and Jobs Act Teach-In
Event DetailsMar 28, 2022
Testifying at a Public Hearing 101 Training Session for Con Ed Rate Case Hearings
Event DetailsMar 29, 2022
Spring EHJLT: Introduction to Environmental Justice
Event DetailsApr 06, 2022
Spring EHJLT: Green Energy & Infrastructure
Event DetailsApr 09, 2022
April Membership Meeting: Candidates Forum for New York State Assembly Districts 70 & 71
Event DetailsApr 13, 2022
Spring EHJLT: Clean Air Quality
Event DetailsApr 14, 2022
Candidates Forum for New York State Senate Races
Event DetailsApr 20, 2022
Spring EHJLT: Free from Fossil Fuels
Event DetailsApr 21, 2022
Candidates Forum for New York State Assembly Districts 68 & 72
Event DetailsApr 22, 2022
Earth Day Albany Advocacy Day
Event DetailsApr 26, 2022
Earth Day Virtual Advocacy Day
Event DetailsApr 27, 2022
New Member Orientation
Event DetailsApr 28, 2022
Spring EHJLT: Introduction to Climate Justice
Event DetailsMay 01, 2022
Earth Day 5K Fun Run
Event DetailsMay 04, 2022
Spring EHJLT: Toxic Products
Event DetailsMay 10, 2022
Lead-Free Kids NY Advocacy Day
Event DetailsMay 12, 2022
Candidates Forum for New York State Lt. Governor Race
Event DetailsMay 14, 2022
May Membership Meeting: Candidates Forum for New York State Governor
Event DetailsMay 26, 2022
Workshop to Prevent Truck Idiling
Event DetailsJun 01, 2022
Too Hot to Handle: The Reality of Extreme Heat in New York & How to Prepare Frontline Communities
Event DetailsJun 02, 2022
Free OSHA & Solar Worker Training - June 2022
Event DetailsJun 04, 2022
Get Harlem Ready for Climate Change
Event DetailsJun 08, 2022
Webinar for the New York State Cumulative Impacts Bill
Event DetailsJun 08, 2022
June Beauty Inside Out Working Group
Event DetailsJun 11, 2022
June Membership Meeting: Get Ready to Vote & Learn About Fair Fares
Event DetailsJun 16, 2022
Lead Poisoning Workshop
Event DetailsJun 20, 2022
Let's Talk About Hair: Roundtable on Haircare Products & Health with Hair Salon Owners & Employees
Event DetailsJun 23, 2022
Uptown Chats: Welcome to WE ACT
Event DetailsJun 25, 2022
Team Up to Clean Up Community Clean Up Event
Event DetailsJul 13, 2022
July Beauty Inside Out Working Group
Event DetailsJul 16, 2022
2022 Membership BBQ
Event DetailsJul 21, 2022
Climate Justice Working Group July Meeting: Composting & Food Justice with BroSis
Event DetailsJul 27, 2022
How to Write Legislation
Event DetailsAug 30, 2022
Meet the Cecil Corbin-Mark Fellows
Event DetailsSep 10, 2022
September Membership Meeting: New York State's Environmental Bond Act
Event DetailsSep 13, 2022
Trendy or Toxic Webinar on Toxins in Fashion & Beauty Products
Event DetailsOct 08, 2022
October Membership Meeting: November Election & Participatory Budgeting
Event DetailsOct 17, 2022
Transportation Working Group October Meeting
Event DetailsOct 25, 2022
Lead Poisoning Prevention Workshop
Event DetailsOct 27, 2022
WE ACT’s 2022 Annual Gala
Event DetailsOct 28, 2022
DIY Beauty Night
Event DetailsNov 03, 2022
Utility Debt Relief Workshop
Event DetailsNov 10, 2022
Energy is a Human Right: Webinar on How to Make Energy Cleaner and More Affordable
Event DetailsDec 03, 2022
December Year-End Membership Meeting
Event DetailsJan 14, 2023
January Membership Meeting: Out of Gas, In with Justice
Event DetailsJan 24, 2023
Albany Advocacy Day: Kick Fossil Fuels Out of Buildings
Event DetailsJan 27, 2023
Colorism in the Beauty Industry: How the Manufacture & Marketing of Cosmetics is Poisoning People of Color
Event DetailsFeb 01, 2023
UPTOWN CHATS: Environmental Education
Event DetailsFeb 08, 2023
Environmental Health & Justice Leadership Training for Adults - Spring 2023
Event DetailsFeb 11, 2023
February Membership Meeting: State Policy
Event DetailsFeb 14, 2023
Air Quality Town Hall
Event DetailsMar 11, 2023
March Membership Meeting: Civic Engagement
Event DetailsMar 14, 2023
Housing Justice for All Albany Advocacy Day
Event DetailsMar 22, 2023
Kick Fossil Fuels Out of Buildings Albany Advocacy Day
Event DetailsMar 23, 2023
Celebrated but Unregulated: The Need for Policy to Protect Consumers from Toxins in the Fashion and Beauty Industry
Event DetailsMar 29, 2023
Strengthening the Regulation of Harmful Chemicals: Federal Legislative Briefing on Toxic Chemical Regulation
Event DetailsApr 08, 2023
April Membership Meeting: Toxics in Beauty Products & Workforce Development
Event DetailsApr 15, 2023
Earth Day 5K Fun Run 2023
Event DetailsApr 25, 2023
Albany Advocacy Day: Lead, Toxins, & Climate
Event DetailsApr 25, 2023
New York City Council Lead Hearing Press Conference & Rally
Event DetailsApr 26, 2023
New Member Orientation
Event DetailsApr 28, 2023
Spring Into Justice Block Party
Event DetailsMay 13, 2023
May Membership Meeting: Candidates Forum for City Council District 9
Event DetailsMay 18, 2023
Climate Ready Uptown Plan: East Harlem Emergency Preparedness Workshop
Event DetailsMay 18, 2023
Summer 2023 Adult Environmental Health and Justice Leadership Training
Event DetailsMay 30, 2023
Communicating Environmental Science: Composting
Event DetailsJun 06, 2023
Healthy Homes Working Group: The Problem with Pesticides!
Event DetailsJun 07, 2023
Upcoming Free Workforce Development Training
Event DetailsJun 08, 2023