Good Jobs

Good jobs offer a living wage, don’t hurt the planet, and put priority on frontline communities who live in polluted or unsafe conditions due to climate change.

With a global climate crisis on the horizon, we must shift our local economy towards one that is based on sustainable production and consumption, while also ensuring that low-income residents and people of color are fully included in the transition of the workforce to a greener economy.

Simply put, we need good jobs that do not compromise people or the health of the planet.

$13 to $1

The ratio of net wealth held by median white household to that of a black household in 2013. The ratio is $10 to $1 for Latinx households.

Shifting our Communities from Surviving to Thriving

Today’s high poverty and unemployment rate in Northern Manhattan is caused by decades of poor and often racist public policy around jobs, housing and homeownership, education, policing, and more. Climate change will only widen existing social and economic inequalities in our community, throughout New York City, and the world. Creating opportunities for good jobs in frontline communities is a necessary part of the fight for climate justice.

What We're Doing

Worker Training and Job Readiness Program

Through our worker training program, we help reduce unemployment among Northern Manhattan communities.

Worker Training and Job Readiness Testimonials

Good local jobs are an essential ingredient in helping create healthy communities. Since relaunching our Worker Training Program in 2012, WE ACT has provided free construction training to more than 1,000 unemployed or underemployed Northern Manhattan residents. This has included

WE ACT Helping to Create a Path to Employment for Northern Manhattan Residents

Harlem is filled with people ready to work, we need to provide the training and skills