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Founded in 1966-organizing & building intergen, BIPOC community leadership through advocacy, art & activism at intersection of racial justice & climate change
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Joined June 2009
Dear Community,. Follow us on Threads @uprosebrooklyn and now also on Bluesky at for updates, announcements, and climate justice conversations. Please note, our X account will soon be deactivated. See you on Threads and Bluesky!. In Solidarity,.UPROSE 🌻.
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Read a recent op-ed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about the Brooklyn Marine Terminal redesign from Eddie Bautista, Executive Dir of NYC Environmental Justice Alliance and myself. Access full text here:
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NYC is entering another intense heat wave this week and it’s not just the temperature. The air will be hot and humid, making it harder for your body to cool itself through sweat. This increases the risk of heat-related illness, even for healthy individuals. Plan ahead to stay
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RT @CMAlexaAviles: I joined w/ @SalazarSenate, 6 other electeds, & @JFREJNYC @thenyic @MaketheRoadNY @nycDSA + others to help guide people….
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RT @CMAlexaAviles: Congratulations to the Class of 2025 and our District 38 Excellence in Leadership Award Recipients!. Felicitaciones a to….
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RT @serendipitylit: If you're in the Brooklyn area, you're invited to join #SerendipityLit author/illustrator Patrick Dougher this Saturday….
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Berta Cáceres Presente🤎!.
Nine years ago, Berta Cáceres was assassinated in her home. She was taken from her family, her community, and the world for defending life—for standing against the destruction of the Gualcarque River, the lifeblood of the Lenca people and local campesinos in Honduras.
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RT @CMAlexaAviles: Environmental justice advocates and champions are gathered outside City Hall to ahead of the hearing for my bills INT 01….
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RT @NYRenews: 80+ orgs, businesses, faith groups & unions in NY just wrote to @GovKathyHochul to ask she release draft Cap-&-Invest regulat….
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is feeling the heat from environmentalists angry at what they claim is her decision to delay.
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RT @CJAOurPower: “Our people have survived all kinds of things—our ancestors have, our parents have. We're going to be the people we've alw….
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Civil rights organization UPROSE has threaded environmental issues throughout its work.
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RT @CJAOurPower: In protest of @GovKathyHochul’s inadequate climate plan, EJ leaders Eddie Bautista, Elizabeth Yeampierre & Rahwa Ghirmatzi….
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In the letter, the three departing members criticized Hochul’s “backpedaling and lack of vision, commitment, and focus” on environmental initiatives.
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RT @CJAOurPower: CJA member group @UPROSE is being featured in The New York Times for their work to make New York City’s first cooperativel….
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RT @CJAOurPower: "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly,….
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RT @yeampierre: If superstorm sandy, hurricanes Katrina, Maria & more didnt activate you - are the devastating fires in California & snow i….
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RT @yeampierre: Thank you to all the @UPROSE supporters & @AtmosMag for lifting this important #climatejustice win.✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽💚. .
atmos.earth
We’re not as screwed as you might think.
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RT @CMAlexaAviles: I'm excited to champion these pieces of legislation, which will benefit waterfront communities in NYC. (2/2) https://t.c….
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RT @CMAlexaAviles: Learn about INT 1117 and 1116 that I introduced alongside @UPROSE to advance GRID 2.0 and a community-led vision for cli….
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RT @CJAOurPower: Thanks to frontline communities and our collective sustained efforts within the environmental and climate justice movement….
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RT @CJAOurPower: "Honoring Mother Earth means honoring the teachings of our ancestors. Let's be clear; we are here to take #LandBack, recla….
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RT @Sen_Gounardes: This is exactly the kind of community-driven project New York needs as we build a sustainable energy system that works f….
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