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WE ACT for Environmental Justice
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WE ACT has been combating environmental racism and building healthy communities for people of color since 1988. Support our work at WEACT.org/donate
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Thank you so much for joining us!

We’ll have the recording up on YouTube shortly to share with your network 💚
This Halloween, join the NYS JustGreen Partnership & lawmakers to urge Gov. Hochul to sign S.1548/A.1502 banning PFAS in period products.

🗓 Oct 31, 11 AM

📍 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building

Let’s end toxic chemicals in menstrual products and protect women’s health.
WE ACT’s Chris Dobens joins the Buildings Hub Live podcast to break it down with the Public Health Law Center’s Daniel Carpenter-Gold. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mt1...
Buildings Hub Live: Electrification Laws Prevail in Courts After Berkeley
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NYC public schools are crumbling—children are suffering from the climate crisis and growing inequities. With federal cuts hitting hard, NYS must step up and fund #GreenHealthySchools.

Take action and Sign the petition today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/gr...
WE ACT staff are presenting at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting in DC! 💚

📍Mon, Nov 3 – Manny Salgado on EJ Mapping Tools (2:30 PM)

📍Tue, Nov 4 – Denise Patel on Federal EJ Policy (5:30 PM)
Nov. 2nd. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4th. See who is on the ballot, learn about the ballot measures, and find out when and where to vote at weact.org/vote.
Childhood lead poisoning is 100% preventable. NYC kids deserve better. Join our community conversation and help shape solutions.

RSVP: [email protected]
As one of the plaintiffs in the litigation against the DEC for failing to issue the regulations required by law, under the CLCPA, WE ACT is pleased to announce that the Court ruled in our favor, requiring the DEC to issue these regulations by February 6, 2026.
Early voting runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, with Election Day on Nov. 4. Get registered & learn what you need to know: who’s running, what are the ballot measures, and when and where to vote. #Vote #GOTV weact.org/vote
Thank you for joining our 2025 Gala. Your support powers our fight for environmental justice and a healthier future for all. Get involved at weact.org.
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re urging Gov. Hochul to sign the bill banning PFAS and toxic chemicals in menstrual products. These harmful substances have no place in our bodies.

🗣️ Add your voice and take action by signing our petition below:

secure.everyaction.com/kvjqXcmeRU2B...
Our Executive Director Peggy Shepard will speak on Climate & Environmental Justice at the Art, Climate Change, and Education Summit on Oct. 23 at the Schomburg Center. Join us to reimagine what’s possible.
October is Children’s Environmental Health Month — let’s make our schools greener and healthier for every child. 💚
Our school buildings are in disrepair.

We have a plan to green our schools, create 321K jobs, cut the DOE energy bill in half, and make our communities healthier.

ED @mooreprogress.bsky.social and @cmsandynurse.bsky.social joins parents and students to talk #GreenHealthySchools on CBS NY:
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Our school buildings are in disrepair.

We have a plan to green our schools, create 321K jobs, cut the DOE energy bill in half, and make our communities healthier.

ED @mooreprogress.bsky.social and @cmsandynurse.bsky.social joins parents and students to talk #GreenHealthySchools on CBS NY:
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Washington Heights for our Climate Ready Uptown workshop! Together, we’re building climate resilience and advancing environmental justice in Northern Manhattan. 💚
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, let’s protect New Yorkers from toxic PFAS in menstrual products. @governor.ny.gov must sign the ban on PFAS & Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products bill now.
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Per the American Gas Association, gas utility spending has increased 50% from 2022 to 2023, reaching $49.1 billion! And that spending is coming back to haunt customers in the form of $1,000+ gas bills.

Read more at @NPR: https://n.pr/43rcdUS
NYC will launch a Cool Pavement Pilot in 2026 to reduce dangerous urban heat in low-income neighborhoods across all five boroughs. A smart step toward a cooler, safer, more resilient city.

Thanks to our advocates and Council Member Sandy Nurse and all who pushed for this.
Childhood lead poisoning is 100% preventable — yet NY still leads the nation. We can change this. Join us for a community conversation on prevention.

📅 Thurs, Oct. 30 | 6–8 PM

📍 1854 Amsterdam Ave (2nd Fl)

📧 [email protected]

📞 646-983-7098
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 💗 Join us Oct. 20 from 6:30–7:30 PM for a free Breast Health Education webinar with AICF and NY CATRH. Open to survivors, health pros, and advocates. RSVP: ccny.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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With mere hours left to go in Hispanic Heritage Month, we put the finishing touches on our storymap we created with our partners @greenlatinos.org that celebrates the contributions Latinos have made to Environmental Justice. It is but a portion of the story but I really hope you'll engage with it.
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025
Editor’s Note: The extent of Hispanic and Latino/a/e peoples is broad and multidimensional.  Although many will try to describe us as homogenous and as one in the same, we recognize that could not be ...
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New York City will soon become the first City in the nation with a comprehensive plan to advance environmental justice. Many thanks to ConEdison for supporting our community engagement work to ensure those most-impacted have a voice in the development of this plan.
It's hard to believe it has already been 5 years since Cecil's passing. He's always in our thoughts, and very much so at last night's Gala.