Resources and Reports
WE ACT frequently receives research and media requests for historical publications. Through our resources and reports page, you will find nearly 30 years of publications WE ACT has either authored, partnered in publishing, or been featured in.
If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact info@weact.org.
Climate Justice Working Group
The Climate Justice Working Group is made of WE ACT members working together to implement the Northern Manhattan Climate Action Plan while building community leadership in support of climate justice Northern Manhattan and beyond. We meet at WE ACT’s NYC
Climate Justice Working Group Meeting
As we continue to address extreme heat and its impact on the health of residents in our community, our Climate Justice Working Group will meet on Wednesday, June 26th to discuss the next steps in our Northern Manhattan cooling center
Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in Harlem World – June 21, 2019
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
2016 Climate Resilience Conference
The Urban Communities Organizing for Climate Resilience Conference was held in partnership with the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan and Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health.
People’s Climate March Art Build
Join us for a celebration of art, community solidarity, and mobilization on April 8th! We will get together to build artwork for the 2017 People’s Climate March (PCM) in Washington, DC on April 29th. If you have not already, reserve a seat
People’s Climate March – Washington D.C.
On April 29th, we will march in Washington, DC for our families. We will march for our air, our water, and our land. We will march for clean energy jobs and climate justice.
Co-Founder and Board Member Vernice Miller-Travis in Bloomberg BNA – October 4, 2018
SKEO’s Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Equitable Development Vernice Miller-Travis, who is also a Co-Founder and Board Member of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article about Mustafa Santiago Ali, who became the Senior
Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016 Health equity is the state in which everyone has the opportunity to attain full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or any other
Communities Affected by Hurricanes Need Climate Change Solutions
For environmental justice advocates like myself, hurricane season is always a nerve wracking time of year. Unless you have been on a media diet, you know that hurricanes devastated the United States, Puerto Rico and several other Caribbean islands this
Community Charrette
The purpose of this community charrette is to increase climate resiliency in Northern Manhattan. We would like to obtain feedback and input from area residents including residents in Grant and Manhattanville Houses. The goal is to develop and devise a