UPROSE

The future of Sunset Park's industrial waterfront is being decided. Will you be part of shaping it?🌻
Join us on December 8th for a community briefing on the Just Transition Site Reuse Plan,OUR vision for how Sunset Park's waterfront, energy systems, and green jobs can benefit residents. #sunsetpark

🎙️ UPROSE Executive Director @yeampierre.bsky.social on @thenation.com "A People's Climate" podcast. NYC's first community-owned solar project, Just Transition, and why frontline communities are the climate experts. Listen now ⬇️ tr.ee/imEAZey_eB

It’s Puerto Rican Heritage Month! 🇵🇷
From Borinquen to Brooklyn, our culture, resilience, and community spirit continue to shine.
UPROSE is founded in 1966 and we remain as Brooklyn’s oldest Puerto Rican and Latino community-based organization, honoring our past while building our future.🌻

December lineup at UPROSE 🌻
Four events. One month. Limited spots. All at the Climate Justice Center.
RSVP NOW (LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE): linktr.ee/uprosebrooklyn

#UPROSE #SunsetPark #ClimateJustice #Brooklyn #CommunityEvents #PUERTORICO

Elizabeth Yeampierre: the climate defender who put Brooklyn on the map for environmental justice - La Revista Binacional Elizabeth Yeampierre grew up in Brooklyn, in a Puerto Rican family that taught her early on that justice begins at home… and in the neighborhood. For many, activism is born in marches and speeches; fo...

La Revista Binacional just profiled our executive director, Elizabeth Yeampierre @yeampierre.bsky.social and told the story right!

Climate justice is cultural. It's political. It's emotional. It's about our communities having a seat at the table. 🇵🇷✊🏽

larevistabinacional.com/latino-excel...

UPROSE stands against extractive models that do not reflect the community's vision and that accelerate displacement and gentrification. We demand transparency, equity, and respect for long-standing community leadership. #sunsetpark #economicjustice

“This is the time to work in a way that will hold our communities together.” -Elizabeth Yeampierre at Emergent City screening
@dctvny.bsky.social

Join us on May 30th! Spots are going fast. www.eventbrite.com/e/rooted-in-...

Spoken Roots Open Mic is today at 6pm at UPROSE.

📣 Join us this Friday, February 28th at 9 A.M. for a press conference about how NYC leaders can reduce the deadly pollution from mega-ecommerce warehouses.

#cleanair #climatesolutions #electrifyny

Solar power is the cheapest way to generate electricity. This benefits the climate and those seeking energy independence. This week, we talk to leaders in Brooklyn, Virginia, and Puerto Rico — including @yeampierre.bsky.social — to learn how three very different communities all benefit from solar.

UPROSE is excited to be featured in the @nytimes.com for operationalizing our community owned solar initiative. Thank you to all of our partners! @cjaourpower.bsky.social @workingpower.com #communityownedsolar

Alexa Avilés introduced 2 bills to help advance the GRID 2.0, our community led plan to decarbonize Sunset Park. #decarbonizeSunsetPark

Don’t forget to come to CPR Training today at 6pm!!

We're hosting a FDNY CPR Training on December 12 from 6-7pm at our Climate Justice Center! RSVP Here bit.ly/3BcdaFE #cpr #sunsetpark #brooklyn #cprtraining

We're hosting a FDNY CPR Training on December 12 from 6-7pm at our Climate Justice Center! RSVP Here bit.ly/3BcdaFE #cpr #sunsetpark #brooklyn #cprtraining

@epamichaelregan Brooklyn communities need climate and #environmentaljustice funding to be released now. #OurResourcesOurCommunities deserve the promise of the IRA delivered now. @epagov Chuck Schumer D-NY please share

Our communities need climate and #environmentaljustice funding to be released now. #OurResourcesOurCommunities need the promise of the IRA delivered now. Support the Thriving Communities grant program now!