The following account was written by Dee Aherne, a WE ACT member and climate activist with 350NYC and within the People’s Climate Movement NY: "On Saturday April 4th, I participated in an amazing and eye-opening climate change planning workshop for Northern Manhattan. The room was packed from wall-to-wall with over 65 diverse community members from West Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood, many of whom were my fellow WE ACT members, and all of whom were gathered with one goal: to help Northern Manhattan’s low-income and working class residents prepare for the climate crisis..."
Aherne, Dee. April 2015. "Building a Community Response to Climate Change" WE ACT for Environmental Justice. https://www.weact.org/2015/04/building-a-community-response-to-climate-change/