Bronx-Wide Rally for Climate Justice

Start: Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:30 PM

End: Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:30 PM


Join Bronx youth, community leaders, environmental justice advocates, faith leaders, elected officials and other allies to  champion an ecologically and economically just future for the Bronx and call on Bronx elected officials to pass the Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA) now! The CCIA is a chance to undo the historic harm committed against residents of the Bronx and other historically ignored communities all over New York through measures that eliminate harmful emissions and move New York to an economy based on renewable energy.  

Cosponsors: Bend the Arc-Jewish Action-Riverdale, Bronx Climate Justice North, Bronx Jews for Climate Action, Bronx Westchester Sunrise, City Island Rising, Concerned Citizens for Change, Congregation Tehillah, Critica, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, Fridays for Future, Green Bronx Machine, GreenFaith, GreenFeen, Hazon: The Jewish Lab for Sustainability, Jewish Climate Action Network NYC, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, Mothers on the Move, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), North Bronx Racial Justice, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, Northwest Bronx Indivisible, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance, NY Renews, Riverdale Nature Preservancy, Riverdale Temple, Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, Start Empowerment, South Bronx Unite, The Kehilah of Riverdale, THE POINT CDC, TREEage, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance (List in formation)



Event by
Kathy Kendall
New York, New York