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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 20h

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

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 20h

NEW! 🌟 Explore our #HispanicHeritageMonth StoryMap by WE ACT @manuelsalgado.bsky.social federal research manager and GreenLatinos. Learn, get inspired and share: bit.ly/ejhhm2025

Join us in honoring Hispanic and Latino/a/e heritage, culture, and contributions to #EnvironmentalJustice all year long!

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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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 20h

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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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 5d

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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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 3d

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.

WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 10d

Great Op-Ed from Clean Healthy NY!

We urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Ban on PFAS & Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products Bill into law! #BeautyJustice #CleanBeauty #WomensHealth

Read more here: www.fltimes.com/opinion/gues...

GUEST APPEARANCE: Bill to ban toxic chemicals in menstrual products in NY is needed

Earlier this year, the Ban on PFAS & Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products Bill (S.1548 / A.1502) passed in both the New York State Senate and Assembly. This bill would

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 10d

🗳️ The November General Election is coming up fast — early voting starts October 25th! Join us tomorrow, Oct. 11th at 10 AM for our October Membership Meeting.

community.weact.org/october_memb...

We’ll talk about what’s on the ballot and how to be an informed voter.

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 10d

Join us Oct 14th for WE ACT’s 2025 Gala!

Thanks to our generous sponsors we’re celebrating environmental justice & community power. 🌍💚

Get tickets today 🎟️ : weact.org/events/2025-...

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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 12d

Join us Monday October 20 in Niagara Falls to learn from @weact4ej.bsky.social about how we can use the new Cumulative Impacts law to stop clustering industrial operations in overburdened communities! Register at the link below for details.
actionnetwork.org/events/cumul...

Cumulative Impacts Law Training with WEACT

Join WEACT, the Clean Air Coalition of WNY, Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative, and other community partners working on environmental justice issues for a teach-in to learn about the new C...

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 14d

The EPA’s delay of key methane rules weakens vital climate protections—harming frontline communities and public health. EJ and Tribal orgs are urging the EPA to enforce 2024 standards now.

Read more here: weact.org/updates/envi...

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 14d

How can we make research truly community-led?

Join Leading with Justice on Nov. 5 to explore how academics & EJ leaders can co-create research that uplifts frontline voices.

Register today 🔗: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 22d

Join us at Uptown Grand Central's Party on Park from 12-4 PM today along Park Avenue from 111th-115th Streets. We're at 111th & Park. Food, fun, and activities for the entire family! #EastHarlem #PartyOnPark
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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 27d

Join us Oct 4 (12–3 PM) at NYCHA’s Lexington Dev for a Lunch & Learn 🌱 Soil testing, climate prep, garden tips + food & fun!

RSVP: community.weact.org/lunch_and_learn_soil_testing

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · 27d

This #ClimateWeekNYC 🌍 join us + Tishman Center for a webinar on cumulative impacts permitting. Sept 24, 2–3:30 PM ET.

Register: bit.ly/climateweek2025CIWebinar

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 20

Started the day at the @weact4ej.bsky.social / NAACP breakfast in Harlem for an important discussion about environmental justice, housing, civil rights and the future of our city.

Zohran at a seat at the front of a larger room, with people seated at tables around him.

Group photo of Zohran with elected officials and activists.

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · Sep 17

Read and share the latest featuring Leslie G. Fields, Chief Federal Officer and Manuel Salgado, Federal Research Manager at WE ACT: www.eenews.net/articles/sta...

via E&E News @politico.com

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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · Sep 8

Recent polling with @weact4ej.bsky.social finds that a plurality of voters are unfamiliar with data centers.

A clear majority have heard “nothing at all” about the construction of data centers in their state.

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: While More Voters Favor Data Centers Than Not, a Plurality Are Unfamiliar With Them.
Description: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following people or institutions?
— Data centers
All likely voters — Favorable: 34%, Unfavorable: 21%
Democrat — Favorable: 28%, Unfavorable: 23%
Independent / Third party — Favorable: 30%, Unfavorable: 23%
Republican — Favorable: 41%, Unfavorable: 18%

July 11–12, 2025 survey of 1,179 U.S. likely voters.

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · Sep 9

✨NEW✨ WE ACT’s StoryMap shows why gutting #NEPA isn’t the answer. True #CleanEnergy progress needs community voice, funding & coordination—not polluter-friendly “reform.” Read more: arcg.is/1zK8eH3

NEPA Does Not Delay

Deregulation is Not the Solution for Clean Energy

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ALIGN NY @alignny.bsky.social · Sep 3

➡️Read our new report titled Green, Healthy Schools: How NYC Can Lead the Nation with Green Jobs, Quality Education, and Thriving Communities: alignny.org/resource/gre...

Green, Healthy Schools: How NYC Can Lead the Nation with Green Jobs, Quality Education, and Thriving Communities - ALIGN

Read the Report New York City public school infrastructure is in crisis. There are over 1,200 public school buildings across New York City (NYC), many of which are on average 75 years old. Decades of ...

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ALIGN NY @alignny.bsky.social · Sep 3

NYC public school infrastructure is in crisis. We must do better for students and school staff.

Today we rallied at City Hall to release our #GreenHealthySchools plan:
✅Create 321,000 Green Jobs
✅Slash DOE Energy Costs in Half
✅Make schools fully electric & fossil fuel-free

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join us & the Upper Manhattan Tenants Union for a Community-Teach-In on the #Legionnaires outbreak in #Harlem to get some answers and discuss how we can prevent future outbreaks – Zoom or in-person at 1854 Amsterdam on Thursday, Sept. 4th at 6:30 PM. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · Aug 29

Katrina taught us the deadly cost of failing to equitably invest in #ClimateResilience. Yet here in #EastHarlem, a gap in the seawall will remain unprotected, something we hoped to fix with our now terminated #EPA Community Change Grant. We need #ClimateJuste! #HurricaneKatrinaAnniversary

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · Aug 27

50 episodes of Uptown Chats! In this special edition, our Chief of Staff Karla Cordero flips the mic on Jaron & Lonnie to reflect on the journey so far — and what’s next.

🎙️ Listen to the full episode here: weact.org/news-events/...

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej.bsky.social · Jul 30

Trump’s EPA wants to repeal the Endangerment Finding—key protection from climate + pollution harms. We won’t let them.

WE ACT’s @manuelsalgado.bsky.social stood with @markey.senate.gov to say: we won’t back down. The science is clear. The people are louder. EPA must protect us—not polluters.

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