Want to learn more about climate justice and environmental health? We have a whole new series of Environmental Health & Justice Leadership Training classes starting next week. Sign up and learn how to be a better advocate for your community! Learn More & Sign Up
Take the WE ACT Member Survey
Are you a WE ACT Member? Then please take our survey to help us improve the member experience. It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s fun! Take the Survey
Community Solar: Sign Up Today!
In case you missed the story on CBS News 2 yesterday (watch the video here), we’ve partnered with Solar One, NYCHA, and others to install 1.2 MW-DC of solar on NYCHA rooftops in East Harlem and Brooklyn. This community solar project, called Community Power, was built by locals for locals. We trained members of the community to do the installations, and now we’re recruiting Con Edison customers who live in affordable housing to sign-up for this renewable energy. You can save more $120 a year on your electricity costs, you won't have to install panels on your roof, and the power will flow just like it currently does - rain or shine, day or night. Learn More & Sign Up
LAST CHANCE: We’ve partnered with the Center for Sustainable Futures at Columbia’s Teachers College to survey parents of schoolchildren in Harlem to better align sustainability education with parents’ social, environmental, and economic concerns. If you are a parent of child in school in Harlem (110th-155th Streets), please take this anonymous survey – available in English & Spanish – by August 1. Take the Survey
Green & Healthy Schools for NYC: New York City schools are fully reopening this fall, and we want to make sure they are prepared for the realities of how COVID-19 and the climate crisis have impacted our communities. As part of the Climate Works for All coalition, we ask you to sign this petition to urge Mayor Bill de Blasio to build green, healthy schools to protect our children and our environment while creating good, green jobs. Sign the Petition
Civilian Climate Corps: We have joined the Adirondack Council and other members of our JustGreen Partnership in calling for a Civilian Climate Corps, a youthful workforce dedicated to conservation and sustainable infrastructure projects to address climate issues. This is being debated in Washington, so we urge you to click this link and send an email of support to your federal representatives. Click & Send
Get Toxics Out of Beauty Products: Through our Beauty Inside Out campaign, we’ve been working to raise awareness of the toxics in beauty and other personal care products – especially those products being marketed to people of color. Here’s your chance to turn that awareness into legislation. Click this link to send a letter to your U.S. Representative asking them to co-sponsor the federal Safer Beauty Bill package. Click & Send
Peggy Shepard on The Hill
In case you missed it, Peggy Shepard was interviewed as part of the Hill’s Energy Efficiency & Climate Justice Forum, discussing environmental justice, climate justice, energy justice, and the Biden administration’s plans to address these issues. Watch the Video
WE ACT's 2021 Gala Mark Your Calendar & Buy Your Tickets
Our 2021 Gala will be live and in-person this year on Thursday, October 21 at 6:00 PM. We’ll be honoring Davida Herzl, CEO and Founder, Aclima Inc.; Aaron Mair, Director of an Adirondack Wilderness Water and Jobs Coalition, Adirondack Council; Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers; Omar Freilla, Founder, Green Worker Cooperatives; and our SUNS Solar Workers Cooperative. Tickets are now available, as are sponsorship opportunities and ads in our journal. Learn More & Buy Tickets
Bailey will be one of the speakers at the Center for Social Change’s Agents of Change: The Fight for Environmental Justice discussion hosted by his alma mater, Walden University, at 7:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, August 4. RSVP
Sunday: Jazz by the Water!
Artist and WE ACT member Gwen Black is the Founder & Curator of Arts & Jazzfest NYC. And we’re excited to see the festival back and in-person! Head to Governor’s Island on Saturday, July 31 from 12:00-5:30 PM EDT. More Info
Free Vaccinations Now Available for NYC Teens
New Yorkers age 12 and up can now receive a free COVID-19 vaccine! Find out when and where here.
