Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Sponsors: Sandy5 Briefing: National and Local Implications of Superstorm 5 Years Later
MEDIA ADVISORY, October 11, 2017
CONTACT: Lindsay Meiman, lindsay@350.org, Thanu Yakupitiyage, thanu@350.org
Sharing impacted stories, lessons-learned and demands of New Yorkers ahead of October 28 anniversary NYC mobilization
New York, NY -- On Monday, October 16, ahead of the #Sandy5 anniversary march, a diverse coalition representing over 75 global, national and local organizations, will hold a background briefing to discuss three key areas where national, state, local officials have failed to respond adequately in the five years since Superstorm Sandy. These areas include: 1) the lack of application of pivotal lessons learned after Sandy as shown by the response to Hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma; 2) the ongoing unmet needs in New York’s hardest hit neighborhoods—disproportionately people of color and low income—with over a thousand families still without adequate housing; and 3) the necessity for dramatic climate action by elected officials at all levels. The coalition will also discuss plans around the October 28 mobilization in New York City to underscore these issues.
What: Sandy5 press briefing on how unlearned lessons exacerbate climate change impacts
Who: Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE
Leslie Cagan, Coordinator, People’s Climate Movement New York
Betámia Coronel, U.S. Reinvestment Coordinator, 350.org
Rachel Rivera, Sandy survivor & Member, New York Communities for Change
When: Monday, October 16 at 11am EST
Where: Teleconference. Dial-in received with RSVP.
RSVP AT MEDIA@350.ORG TO RECEIVE DIAL INFORMATION
Sandy5 Organizations:
Alfred E. Smith Residents Association
Alliance for Climate Education
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Citizens Committee for New York City
Climate Reality Project, New York City Metro Chapter
Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC
Democratic Socialists of America
Downtown Independent Democrats
Earth Celebrations-Ecological and Social Change through the Arts
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
International Socialist Organization
Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens
Morningside Heights / West Harlem Sanitation Coalition
New York Communities for Change
New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC)
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA)
New York City Friends of Clearwater
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
New York Public Interest Research Group
New York State Nurses Association
People’s Collective Art / Collectivo de Arte Popular
The Climate Mobilization Hoboken
WEDO (Women’s Environmental and Development Organization)
WE ACT for Environmental Justice