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What lessons has Peggy Shepard learned from 34 years on the frontlines of fighting for environmental and climate justice? She recently shared her experience and insight in a TED Countdown Talk as part of a series that focused on addressing

On June 28, 2022, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was profiled in the Hill, from her early advocacy days here in West Harlem to her current work advising the Biden administration. Known as an

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Policy Sonal Jessel and Energy Justice Policy Manager Jasmine Graham co-authored an Op-Ed in the New York Daily News on March 14, 2022,  making the case for why New York State Governor Kathy

  Did you know that your gas stove produces harmful indoor air pollution, including toxic gases such as nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide, which happen to be the same nasty gases that come out of a car’s exhaust pipe? In

On December 20, 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard and Director of Policy Sonal Jessel were named among City & State New York’s Energy & Environment Power 100. Read the Article

Dana Johnson, Director of the Federal Policy Office at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, co-authored an Op-Ed published in the Hill on October 15, 2021 with the Center for Biological Diversity’s Energy Justice Program Director & Senior Attorney Jean Su

On October 4, 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was named one of City & State New York’s Manhattan Power 100, a list of individuals “who have made the borough what it is –

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard penned an Op-Ed on the impacts of extreme heat in communities of color, like East Harlem, that was published in the New York Daily News on August 12, 2021.

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was interviewed live on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton on July 11, 2021. She was asked about the extreme weather we’ve been experiencing as well as her work

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Policy Sonal Jessel, M.P.H. was featured in a June 17, 2021 National Geographic article on the impact of extreme heat around the world. She gave the journalist a “heat tour” of East Harlem

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

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

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

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

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

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was interviewed on the EDF+Business Degrees podcast published on January 18, 2021. She discusses her journey from journalism to becoming one of the most recognized voices in environmental justice

As the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler touted the agency’s environmental justice record under his leadership, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe set the record straight in an article in E&E

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel was featured in Bloomberg Law’s coverage of the signing of Intro 1947 into law on November 17, 2020. Jessel also spoke at the press conference, during which New York

In an interview that aired on September 23, 2020 on MetroFocus, which is broadcast on WNET, WLIW, and NJTV, Peggy Shepard discussed environmental justice, climate justice, and racial justice as part of Climate Week. Watch the Interview

In an episode aired on September 15, 2020, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was interviewed on the Threshold podcast, discussing her journey from journalism to becoming one of the leading voices in the environmental

In a September 11, 2020 article in Law 360, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe calls out the Trump administration’s EPA for disengaging with environmental justice organizations and calls for legislation to better protect

In the September 4, 2020 episode of Mark Thompson’s Make It Plain podcast, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe talked about the role of environmental racism in the inequitable health impacts of COVID-19, climate

In an August 31, 2020 article, Departures magazine profiled Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, among its “2020 Visionaries.” The profile touches on the rise of WE ACT and the work we do, the

In an August 31, 2020 blog post, Greenworks Lending shared an interview with WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard. Greenworks Lending uses C-PACE financing to help commercial property owners finance ener­gy efficiency, water conservation, and

In an August 24, 2020 article in Hudson Valley 360, it was reported that the New York State Supreme Court upheld the State’s ban on single-use plastic bags, which went into effect March 1, 2020. WE ACT for Environmental Justice

In an August 20, 2020 article in the Troy Record, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the winners of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Environmental Justice Capacity-Building Grant Program managed by WE ACT for

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was on WNYC Radio’s Brian Lehrer Show on August 17, 2020, discussing the rise of environmental justice in mainstream politics as part of the show’s coverage of the Democratic

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was featured among the “100 Influential Women” in Marie Claire’s August 11, 2020 “Why I’m Voting” article. Read the Article

In an August 10, 2020 article in the Sierra Sun Times, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard voiced her support for the Climate Equity Act proposed by United States Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Alexandria

In an August 6, 2020 article in the Times-Independent, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe was quoted on why we have joined a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s changes to NEPA, the National

In an August 5, 2020 article in the New York Times, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Policy & Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel offered New York City recommendations on how to improve communications with vulnerable populations during extreme heat events. Read

In a July 30, 2020 article in Popular Science on heat and its effects on seniors in nursing homes, WE ACT fro Environmental Justice’s Policy & Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel raised awareness of the health impacts of extreme heat on

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Policy & Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel was a guest on the Brian Lehrer Show on July 28, 2020, where she talked about the heightened health threats of extreme heat for low-income communities and communities of

In a July 28, 2020 article in Bloomberg Law on the passage of a House Bill allocating $17 million for environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was featured in a story about environmental racism on CBS News that aired on July 17, 2020. She was also interviewed live afterwards to discuss the implications of the

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe was quoted in a July 15, 2020 New York Times article on the Trump administration’s weakening of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), noting that this will impact

In a July 15, 2020 article in the Washington Examiner on the Trump administration’s weakening of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard noted that the changes would eliminate the

As a result of our virtual press conference on the importance of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was quoted in a July 14, 2020 article in the Hill,

In a July 13, 2020 NRDC blog post, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark talks about heat vulnerability and how we are working to address it. Read the Article

In a July 6, 2020 article in Morning Consult about a recent poll finding that people of color are more concerned about local pollution than their white counterparts, WE ACT’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard explains how environmental racism has

In a July 2, 2020 article in E&E News, WE ACT’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe was quoted on our opposition to the the nomination of Nancy Beck to head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Read the

In a June 30, 2020 article in Mother Jones, WE ACT’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard voiced her support for the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis’ Climate Crisis Action Plan. The article was also shared by in

On June 25, 2020, WE ACT’s Policy & Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel was interviewed by WNYC radio on the City’s new program to provide free air conditioners to low-income senior citizens who feel safer inside due to COVID-19 yet are

A June 19, 2020 article in The New Republic on the Renewable Rikers plan to turn the jail complex into a solar farm quoted Cecil Corbin-Mark, our Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives, and credited WE ACT for taking

In a June 18, 2020 article on the relaunch of the National Black Environmental justice Network (NBEJN) in the Guardian, our Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was quoted on the environmental, health, racial, and other inequities that fueled the

In a June 18, 2020 article on clean fuel truck programs in Advanced Clean Tech News, WE ACT’s Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark explained how the inequitable impacts of diesel emissions reflect the systemic racism that

In a June 17, 2020 article in Bloomberg Law on the intersection of extreme heat and the COVID-19 pandemic, our Policy & Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel raised the issue of energy insecurity, explaining that residents of many of the communities

Our Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was featured in a June 16, 2020 article in Politico on the attention currently being given to the environmental justice movement, including the launch of the National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN). Read

In a June 12, 2020 article on CBSNews.com, our Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was interviewed about the environmental justice movement and why, in this time of COVID-19 and renewed protests for racial justice, it has become even more

In a June 6, 2020 article in the Washington Examiner on the Democratic National Committee’s Environment and Climate Crisis Council’s Platform Committee recommendations for the climate, environment, and energy planks of the 2020 Democratic Party Platform, Peggy Shepard emphasized the

In a June 5, 2020 article in E&E News, our Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe talks about how the Trump administration’s Executive Order to waive environmental reviews for pipelines, highways, & other infrastructure projects will impact frontline communities

In a June 5, 2020 article in E&E News, our Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe weighed in on the lack of diversity in the solar industry, encouraging them to actively recruit from communities of color and HBCUs. Read

In a June 4, 2020 article in Politico on the support big green groups are offering the protests for racial justice, our Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard welcomed statements of support but said that action is what’s really needed.

In a June 4, 2020 article in the Energy Mix on factors we need to consider in a post-COVID-19 world, our Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Taylor was quoted from a Grist article in which she noted that “policy-makers

Deputy Director Cecil Corbin-Mark was interviewed by Moms Clean Air Force on the impacts of COVID-19 on the Latinx community for a May 26, 2020 article, in which he discusses the lack of access to healthcare and housing as well

WE ACT’s Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed explained the health impacts of environmental racism in the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with NYCity News Service’s the Coronavirus Chronicles: New York in the Time of Pandemic. Read the Interview

In a Climate One podcast posted on May 8, 2020 that looked at the future of cities in the wake of COVID-19, WE ACT’s Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed was brought in (at the 9:45 mark) to discuss the

In a video for Newsy’s Virology series that aired on May 4, 2020, WE ACT’s Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed was interviewed about the role that air pollution plays in the higher impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.

In an April 27, 2020 article, Peggy Shepard spoke with American Prospect about racial disparities and the impact of COVID-19, explaining how the prevalence of chronic diseases makes the entire community more susceptible. Read the Article

In an April 23, 2020 article in Teen Vogue on how a new administration could take action on climate change, WE ACT’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe spoke about the importance of appointing climate leaders to key roles.

In an April 21, 2020 article in Truthout, WE ACT’s Policy & Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel discussed the challenge that summer’s extreme heat events – which have been increased in frequency, duration, and intensity by climate change – pose for

In an April 20, 2020 article, Harlem World reported the launch of WE ACT’s free online learning modules designed to teach children about environmental justice. Read the Article and Download the Module

Our Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was profiled in the April issue of Marie Claire as one of the Women Fighting to Save the World, which featured female environmental leaders in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

In an April 12, 2020 article in the Hill, WE ACT’s Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed is featured as an expert explaining the link between environmental inequities and the higher COVID-19 death rates in communities of color. Read the

WE ACT’s Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed was interviewed by Uptown Radio for an April 11, 2020 story on air pollution in Northern Manhattan and how its impact on the community can lead to higher COVID-19 death rates. Listen

In an interview with Vox on April 7, 2020, WE ACT’s Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed explains the role that environmental inequities play in the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on communities of color. In the episode entitled The

In a March 27, 2020 article in the Verge, WE ACT’s Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Sonal Jessel discusses the dangers of sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic for frontline communities once this summer’s heat waves start to arrive, along

Harlem World looks forward to having WE ACT’s Executive Director and Co-Founder Peggy Shepard developing recommendations for the climate, environment, and energy planks of the 2020 Democratic Party Platform. The magazine reported on March 24, 2020 that she had been

WE ACT’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene N. Tayloe, Esq. wrote an Op-Ed in Blavity on March 6, 2020 urging readers to voice their opposition to the proposed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Read the Op-Ed

Peggy Shepard was showcased as one of the 22 women leading the environmental movement on Temboo’s blog. Read the Story

Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President for Energy and Environment Policy at the Center for American Progress, co-authored an Op-Ed in the Hill on February 25, 2020 making

Fierce for Black Women, a lifestyle blog, featured Peggy Shepard as part of an article entitled, Black Women’s History in the Making: Fighting Climate Change. Read the Story

On January 29, 2020, WE ACT’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was interviewed by WABC TV Channel 7 on the health impacts of the New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority’s introduction of electric buses on the

On January 29, 2020, WE ACT’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was quoted in Patch on the the New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority’s introduction of electric buses on the M60 SBS route in Harlem. Read the

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

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

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

Peggy Shepard is one of the “gutsy women” featured in The Book of Gutsy Women, a new book by Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea. The Clintons share stories of gutsy women who have inspired them over the years

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

On August 13, 2019, WE ACT’s Harlem Heat Project, Cooling Center Audit initiative, and Aditi Varshneya were featured in a Grist article on what New York City is doing to address heat and its impacts on the public. Read the

  On August 1, 2019, Harlem World Magazine reported on WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s involvement in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to establish adequate lead hazard standards. Read the Story

Our Director of Environmental Health Lubna Ahmed discussed the health impacts of extreme heat on Yale Climate Connections, which aired on July 24th, 2019. Read the Story and Listen to the Interview

On July 18, 2019, WE ACT’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was quoted in coverage of the historic national climate platform signed by 70+ environmental groups. The article, which appeared in the Washington Post as well as SFGate, dwells

On June 27, 2019, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was quoted in the New York Amsterdam News coverage of the passage of New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

On June 21, 2019, Harlem World Magazine featured our announcement about the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a historic bill that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout New York State by 100 percent by 2050. Although

Speaking at the Renewable Rikers Town Hall on June 6, 2019, WE ACT’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark encouraged the audience to rise to the challenge of transforming the island into a solar farm. QNS, an

Our Director of Special Projects Michael Velarde was interviewed about our East 125th Community Visioning Action Plan, a community-centered development model for East Harlem, on The Next System Project podcast, which aired on May 31, 2019. Listen Here

In a May 15, 2019 article in the Brooklyn Eagle, our Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was asked to explain the role of legacy pollution in exacerbating the impacts of climate change in low-income communities and communities of color.

In a May 13, 2019 Grist Magazine article about the increase in intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme heat events driven by climate change, WE ACT’s Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was quoted talking about urban

On April 30, 2019, Patch featured an article on the the East 125th Street Community Visioning Action Plan, which was developed by a coalition organized by WE ACT for Environmental Justice and designed to leverage the Second Avenue Subway expansion

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark and Community Organizer & Outreach Coordinator Aditi Varshneya were quoted in an April 25, 2019 article in US News & World Report that explores the effort involved

In an article about Rhiana Gunn-Wright, the Policy Director of the New Consensus, WE ACT’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene N. Tayloe, Esq. was quoted discussing the Green New Deal. Read the Article

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was quoted repeatedly in an April 10, 2019 article on congestion pricing in Grist. Read the Article

  Kaméa Chayne had interviewed Peggy Shepard on her Green Dreamer podcast on January 22, 2019. In a March 27, 2019 interview in MindyBodyGreen, Chayne was asked which guest surprised her the most, and she said WE ACT’s Peggy Shepard.

WE ACT’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark wrote an Op-Ed in the March 20, 2019 Gotham Gazette that made a compelling case for electric buses and congestion pricing as a means to improving the air quality

On March 3, 2019, WE ACT’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was featured in a Huffington Post article for International Women’s Day celebrating “8 Women Making the World A Better Place.” Read the Article

On February 25, 2019, Harlem World Magazine reported the news that WE ACT was co-hosting an Inclusive Renewable Energy Economy Powered By Green Jobs panel discussion with the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill. Moderated by WE ACT’s Director of Legislative

WE ACT’s Solar Uptown Now program was featured in CleanTechnica on February 16th, 2019, positioning its as an example of how the Green New Deal can work. Read the Article

WE ACT’s Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark appeared on ABC Channel 7’s Here and Now on Feb. 3rd, 2019 discussing our Solar Uptown Now program, which is putting rooftop solar on affordable housing in Harlem and training

WE ACT’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was interviewed on the Green Dreamer podcast, which aired January 22nd, 2019. She talked about the work WE ACT has done, the fight for environmental justice, and the importance of community-based organizations

WE ACT was included in an article on the leadership of black women in the environmental justice movement in Essence on January 11th, 2019. Read the Article

WE ACT’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was profiled in the Winter 2018 edition of Biohabitat’s quarterly newsletter, which focuses on female leaders in the environmental movement. Read the Article

On December 5th, 2018, WE ACT held a rooftop press conference to showcase our latest Solar Uptown Now installation. Habitat Magazine was one of the media outlets in attendance and published the following story. Read the Article

On December 5th, 2018, WE ACT held a rooftop press conference to showcase our latest Solar Uptown Now installation. Solar Builder Magazine was one of the media outlets in attendance and published the following story. Read the Article

On December 5th, 2018, WE ACT held a rooftop press conference to showcase our latest Solar Uptown Now installation. Metro was one of the media outlets in attendance and published the following story. Read the Article

  On October 25th, 2018, WE ACT’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard participated in Extreme Heat Events in Cities: Societal Impacts and Solutions, a panel discussion at Columbia University sponsored by the Earth Institute’s Climate Adaption Initiative. The event

Harlem World Magazine reported WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s role in forcing the Food and Drug Administration to ban seven cancer-causing artificial flavorings. The story was also reported by Baking Business, Food Business News, Food Ingredients First, Organic Authority, Powder & Bulk Solids,

Solar Power World featured our 2018 Climate Week NYC announcement about the status of our Solar Uptown Now program, which is bringing 415 kW-DC of rooftop solar capacity to 11 buildings, primarily HDFC affordable co-ops, in Northern Manhattan to help reduce greenhouse

On September 26th, 2018, WE ACT’s Environmental Health Programs Manager Milagros de Hoz and several of our members testified in a public hearing at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse as part of the Federal Government’s lawsuit against the New

In a Sept. 4th, 2018 Indypendent article about community solar and net-metering in New York, WE ACT’s Environmental Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Stephan Roundtree, Jr. explains how low-income communities can potentially benefit the most from switching to solar energy. Read

WE ACT’s Environmental Policy and Advocacy Coordinator and New York State Energy Democracy Alliance Co-Chair Stephan Roundtree, Jr. appeared on Capital Tonight to discuss the challenges low-income communities & communities of color face with the VDER legislation that has cast

Saritha Ramakrishna, a WE ACT intern and Master in City Planning candidate at MIT, wrote this article on Literary Hub looking at how climate change, politics, socioeconomics, and racism have contributed to a cauldron of environmental injustice in her native

On July 16, 2018, Harlem World Magazine featured WE ACT’s statement on New York City’s new lead initiative. Read the Story

In this July 11, 2018 Grist article on the impact of extreme heat, WE ACT’s Environmental Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Stephan Roundtree, Jr. discusses the work we are doing to help New Yorkers learn about and locate neighborhood cooling centers during

WE ACT’s Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was quoted in an article in the July 9, 2018 issue of ThinkProgress discussing the impact of extreme heat and cold on communities of color and low-income along with