UPROSE's Climate Justice Lives Here initiative grew out of NYC Climate Week becoming Manhattan-centric and marginalizing frontline communities.

Climate Justice Lives Here represents our commitment to environmental justice in our frontline communities. This week-long series of events brings together activists, community members, and allies to address the climate crisis through the lens of social justice.

Join us in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, New York for a transformative week of climate justice activism, community-led workshops, and environmental justice initiatives.

Join Dr Strouble, at an evening of dialogue on connecting the themes of By Any Dreams Necessary—environmental justice, racial equity, and resilience—with the urgent need for solidarity across our movements. Dr. Strouble will be sharing a reading from his book and open up for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served. 

Dr. Bruce W. Strouble, Ph.D., is a seasoned program manager specializing in community development, sustainability, and resilience. His experience includes leading innovative programs for Groundwork USA, the City of Tallahassee, and Florida A&M University’s Sustainability Institute. As the executive director of Citizens for a Sustainable Future Inc. and Board Chair of ReThink Energy Florida, he has consistently advanced environmental justice and climate resilience through innovative approaches that empower underserved communities to tackle climate challenges and build sustainable futures.

Join us for the release of Cultivating the Conditions for Black Liberation and Just Transition: An Encyclopedia of Power, Peril, and U.S. Climate Finance Policy Prerequisites. This groundbreaking paper examines how climate finance must be restructured to move beyond colonial patterns of extraction and toward materially repairing historical harm.

Through a dynamic panel conversation, speakers will unpack the paper’s core analysis and explore pathways for building Black nation- and community-controlled alternatives that are resilient in the face of institutional backlash.

Interpretation will be available in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Brunch will be served.

The Federal Unionists Network's policy institute, Government for the People, is launching a collaboration between federal unionists, other rank and file public servants, and environmental justice leaders to generate a new blueprint for federal agencies on environmental and climate justice. Join us to help shape a vision for the future that ensures climate and environmental justice for all.  

This event is sponsored by the New School's Tishman and Environment Design Center. Participants from community organizations, public service networks, labor, policy groups, and philanthropy are encouraged to attend.

A lively conversation of environmental justice trailblazers from frontline and fence-line communities! They will share about their community’s efforts to fight for clean air in the backdrop of the freight transportation system. Hailing from various areas affected by the pollution from seaports, rail yards, truck routes, and warehouses across the U.S., these EJ leaders will shine light on locally grown climate justice solutions and the strength of coalition and movement building.

​Hear powerful, personal stories from Grist 50 Fixers past and present, as well as Grist journalists who report on the people, policies, and ideas driving climate progress. Through these stories, we’ll spotlight the real-world ways that bold ideas can turn into impact. We’ll also take a moment to reflect on Grist’s 25-year journey as the nation’s only independent newsroom reporting solely on climate change, as well as a celebration of the people and ideas driving meaningful change in climate solutions.

You’re invited to Healing Is an Inside Job, our Climate Week town hall gathering in New York City. 

If you work in environment, climate or energy please join us to make space, and dig in for honest conversation about our inner work, collective healing, and plans for community transformation .

Vegan  bites and refreshments will be served.

Location: NYC, For Community Safety Reasons the Exact Location Will be Shared After RSVP . 
Date: Friday, September 26, 2025
Time: 2 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Join us for Una Sola Lucha, a powerful screening of five short films from Puerto Rico, Brazil, Colombia, and the Pacific that spotlight frontline stories of resistance, resilience, and collective justice. The evening will include a guided discussion connecting these struggles to broader movements for regenerative and climate justice. We will hear from Defiende a Cabo Rojo, ClimaLab, the Brazilian Center for Climate Justice, the Pacific Islands Students Against Climate Change, and El Puente. This event is hosted by Climate Trace Puerto Rico with the support of Blue and White Magazine and the Columbia Climate School Environmental and Climate Justice Project. We aim to create a space of cultural exchange, raise awareness of shared challenges, and inspire collective action among participants.