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The Cecil Corbin-Mark Fellowship for Environmental Justice Leadership
Apply Today!

We are proud to announce that WE ACT is now accepting applicants for the inaugural year of the Cecil Corbin-Mark Fellowship for Environmental Justice Leadership. Two applicants will be selected to work on environmental justice policy issues, and gain experience in community-based policy advocacy, legislative and regulatory drafting, policy research, and community engagement. The deadline for application is April 15, 2022. All the details can be found here ([link removed]) .

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NY State Utility Debt Roundtable
Help Us Cancel Utility Debt

Trouble with your utility bill? Join us on Monday, March 7 at 6:00 PM for the Energy Democracy Alliance’s Utility Debt Roundtable. We will hear testimony from members of our community and then have a panel discussion on how we can cancel utility debt in New York State – and work to ensure that we never find ourselves buried in utility debt again. Join us along with the Alliance for a Green Economy, Sane Energy Project, & New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. RSVP here ([link removed]) . In the meantime, you can learn how you can find relief from utility debt by downloading our Utility Debt fact sheet here ([link removed]) (PDF).

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NY State Climate Justice Advocacy Day
Help Us Get the Funding for Climate Justice

Want to do something about climate change? Join us on Tuesday, March 8 for the NY Renews Climate Justice Advocacy Day! We’ll travel in-person to Albany to ask elected officials to invest the $15 billion needed to fully fund the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act ([link removed]) so that we can effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, improve energy efficiency and security, build renewable energy like solar and wind, and ensure that we get our fair share of the jobs this will create. Learn more here ([link removed]) .

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WE ACT Is Part of Congressional Visit to NYC for the Environmental Justice For All Act

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and the House Committee on Natural Resources will be conducting a series of site visits in Queens and Brooklyn on Friday, March 11 to identify community concerns and opportunities for the Environmental Justice for All Act. Sonal Jessel will be speaking to members of Congress at the kickoff event at NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses. Dana Johnson will then participate in an environmental justice press conference event at that same location. The delegation will head over to Long Island City for a site visit at the Ravenswood Generating Station, which will be followed by an environmental justice tour of Sunset Park. After a Natural Resources Public Input Forum on the Environmental Justice for All Act on Saturday, March 12, Charles Callaway will lead the delegation on an environmental justice tour of Harlem.

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March Membership Meeting:
Learn What We're Doing for Northern Manhattan Down in Washington, DC
And Meet Senator Schumer & Representative Espaillat

What is WE ACT’s Federal Policy Office doing down in Washington, DC? And how can it impact you? To find out, join us for our March Membership Meeting at 10:00 AM EST on Saturday, March 12, 2022.

We will have staff from our Federal Policy team walk us through the work they are doing on behalf of our community. We established that office in 2012, knowing that often times the solutions we seek for Northern Manhattan require federal support and intervention, and that federal policies and programs often have an impact on communities like ours. And both Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Representative Adriano Espaillat plan to join us! RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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Understanding NYC's All-Electric New Building Law
Sonal Jessel Talks About the Significance of Gas Free NYC for Frontline Communities

NYC Accelerator will host Decarbonizing NYC: Understanding the All-Electric New Buildings Law, a webinar at 11:00 AM EST on Tuesday, March 8 explaining the compliance requirements of NYC’s all-electric new buildings law ([link removed]) (Local Law 154 of 2021, also known as Gas Free NYC). Sonal Jessel will join the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice and the Urban Green Council in this discussion. RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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How Can Data Make Us Better Prepared for the Next Superstorm?

Annie Carforo will participate in a New York City Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics panel at 6:00 PM EST on Tuesday, March 8. The panel will discuss the needs and opportunities for data in advancing urban climate resilience in the face of extreme weather events like the flooding from Hurricane Ida. RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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Symposium on Cultivating Community Connections for Emergencies
Sonal Jessel Talks About Extreme Weather & Disproportionate Impacts/Resources

Sonal Jessel will deliver the keynote address at the NYC Emergency Management Community Engagement Bureau’s 2022 Community Preparedness Symposium: Cultivating Community Connections for Emergencies at 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday, March 9. The focus of this year’s symposium is on how community organizers, leaders, and advocates can better prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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The White House Council on Environmental Quality Announces Training & Listening Sessions for New Climate & Environmental Justice Screening Tool
Please Register & Participate!

Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced ([link removed]) a series of training webinars and public listening sessions for its new Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool ([link removed]) . We encourage you all to join the training to learn how to use this new resource and then provide feedback during one of the listening sessions. Let’s let them know what we think!

Training Webinars
Wednesday, March 9 at 4:00 PM EST; Register here ([link removed]) .
Thursday, March 10 at 4:00 PM EST; Register here ([link removed]) .
Wednesday, March 16 at 4:00 PM ET; Register here ([link removed]) .

Public Listening Sessions
Tuesday, March 22 at 4:00 PM ET; Register here ([link removed]) .
Friday, April 15 at 4:00 PM ET; Register here ([link removed]) .

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What Can Our Community Do to Prepare for Extreme Weather Events?

Annie Carforo will be on another New York City Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics panel at 3:00 PM EST on Thursday, March 10. The focus of this discussion will be Community-Driven Extreme Weather Preparedness in Northern Manhattan, and has its roots in our Climate Justice Working Group’s ([link removed]) extreme weather preparedness planning. RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women
WE ACT Participates in Climate Justice & Women's Health Events

Sophia Huda and Sonal Jessel are participating on a virtual National Congress of Neighborhood Women panel at 4:00 PM ET on Monday, March 14. The panel – The Neighborhood: Climate and Women’s Health – focuses on how neighborhood and grassroots community women in marginalized and low-income urban communities are collaborating to ensure their participation in creating sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices, and is being held in parallel with the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. RSVP here ([link removed]) .

Peggy Shepard will make a virtual appearance at the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women, participating in the Feminist Action for Climate Justice Speakout at the Apollo Theater at 11:15 AM ET on Sunday, March 13. Learn more and RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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Music for the Movement:
The Orchestra of St. Luke's Free Concerts

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s will be performing a series of free concerts in all five boroughs next week as part of Earth Works: Music for Our Planet, classical works about our terrestrial world and its survival by Latin Grammy winner Gabriela Lena Frank. WE ACT staff will make special appearances at the Manhattan and Brooklyn concerts – on Friday, March 11 and Sunday, March 13, respectively – as will staff from the Climate Museum and South Bronx Unite, who will be at the Bronx concert on Thursday, March 10. Learn more and RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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Annual Earth Day 5K Fun Run
Save the Date

Mark your calendar and stretch your legs! Our annual Earth Day 5K fundraiser will be on Sunday, May 1. Like much of our lives right now, it will be both virtual and in-person. Participants can run or walk five kilometers (3.1 miles) at a time and place of their choosing beginning on Earth Day, Friday, April 22. And on Sunday, May 1, we will have an in-person run and/or walk on Randall’s Island for those who want to participate in-person. We’ll soon have the link to register and the exact times/location posted here ([link removed]) . And we hope you can join us to celebrate Earth Day, help raise funds for WE ACT, and run or walk for a healthier, greener community!

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WE ACT's Membership Planning Committee
Take a Leadership Role

Our Membership Planning Committee serves a leadership role in our membership ([link removed]) and does a lot of the work planning and preparing for our Membership Meetings and other events. The committee also works toward more effective communication between the membership body and staff and helps set goals for membership participation. We are holding elections for this volunteer committee and encourage any member interested in becoming a candidate to please complete this form ([link removed]) by Friday, May 6. Questions? Reach out to Bailey at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

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Rethinking Social Housing Legislation and Policy in Northern Manhattan

The A. Philip Randolph Square Neighborhood Alliance and Manhattan Community Board 10 are hosting a Zoom forum at 7:00 PM EST this evening, Friday, March 4, on Rethinking Social Housing Legislation and Policy. New York State Assemblymember Inez Dickens will provide the opening remarks and City Council Member Gale Brewer will be honored with the Crystal Key to the Square. RSVP here ([link removed]) .

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