Thank you so much for attending WE ACT’s 35th Anniversary Gala last week. Nearly 400 people turned out to celebrate with us 35 years of environmental justice victories. We honored movement champions Richard Moore, Co-Founder and Co-Coordinator of Los Jardines Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Joshua Klainberg, Senior Vice President of the New York League of Conservation Voters; and Donele Wilkins, President & CEO, Green Door Initiative.
We heard inspiring words from WE ACT Co-Founder Vernice Miller-Travis and our Executive Director and Co-Founder Peggy Shepard.
And we were honored with an impassioned speech from Former Vice President Al Gore about the importance of environmental justice and the work that we do here at WE ACT.
Many thanks to our sponsors for making this event possible. We appreciate you and your commitment to furthering environmental justice.
Most of all, thank you to the attendees for making this night spectacular, supporting the new Environmental Justice Center, and making our work possible through sponsorships and ticket sales. We hope to see you soon at our next big event.
With gratitude,
The WE ACT Team
P.S. If you didn’t make it to the event but still would like to show your support, you can do so here.
Thank you to our sponsors
WE ACT Champions Beyond Petrochemicals
Environmental Defense Fund
Orsted
Frontline Warriors Con Edison
Earthjustice
Energy Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
NRDC
NYSERDA Sunrun
Climate Justice Advocates Audubon
Attentive Energy One
CAP
CDP
David Evans
New York League of Conservation Voters
National Wildlife Federation
Environmental Advocates NY
Union of Concerned Scientists
Environmental Justice Changemakers Building Decarbonization Coalition
Columbia Mailman School of Health
Columbia Cancer
Conservation Law Foundation
Clean Path NY
Community Offshore Wind
Friends of the Earth
Hudson River Foundation
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai Institute of Exposomic Research
Leading Light Wind
League of Conservation Voters
Waymo
Vote Solar