Environmental Health

Beauty Inside Out Partnership with Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Mind the Store – June 22, 2020

A June 22, 2020 Safer Chemicals Healthy Families blog post announcing the partnership between its Mind the Store campaign and WE ACT’s Beauty Inside Out campaign showcased an excerpt from a WE ACT blog post written by former intern Leslie

Peggy Shepard on the Environmental, Health, & Racial Inequities Fueling the Relaunch of the NBEJN in the Guardian – June 18, 2020

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

Peggy Shepard on the Role of Environmental Health & COVID-19 Disparities in the Return of the NBEJN in Grist – June 16, 2020

In a June 16, 2020 article in Grist, our Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was quoted on the role that environmental health and COVID-19 disparities played in deciding to relaunch the National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN). The NBEJN

Kerene Tayloe Quoted in the Energy Mix on Importance of Environmental Health After COVID-19 – June 4, 2020

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

Kerene Tayloe Quoted in Electrek on Intersection of Climate, COVID-19, and Racism – June 6, 2020

In a June 6, 2020 article in Electrek on the intersection of the climate crisis, COVID-19, and racism, our Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Taylor’s quote from Grist was featured. Read the Article

Kerene Tayloe Focuses on the Importance of Environmental Health in Addressing COVID-19, Climate Change, & Racial Injustice in Grist – June 4, 2020

A June 4, 2020 article in Grist shared the views of environmental justice leaders on ways to address the compounded threats of racial injustice, climate change, and COVID-19. Our Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe looked at the challenge

Cecil Corbin-Mark Discusses Impact of COVID-19 in Latinx Communities with Moms Clean Air Force – May 26, 2020

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

Peggy Shepard & Julie Tighe Call for Parks Funding in Manhattan Times – May 20, 2020

As part of the Play Fair for Parks coalition, WE ACT’s Peggy Shepard joined New York League of Conservation Voters President Julie Tighe in writing an Op-Ed on the need for increasing equitable park funding that was published in the

Lubna Ahmed Interviewed for Climate One Podcast on Post-COVID-19Cities – May 8, 2020

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

Lubna Ahmed Interviewed by NYCity News Service on Environmental Racism and COVID-19 – May 12, 2020

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