Professor Bratspies Testifies Before NYC Racial Justice Commission
On August 3, Professor Bratspies testified before the NYC Racial Justice Commission about charter amendments that could dismantle structural environmental injustice. You can watch her testimony here (starts at 2:08:00)
Dr. Sacoby Wilson speaks at CUNY
In September 2020, CUER was honored to partner with CUNY BLSA and the Environmental Justice Collective to bring Dr. Sacoby Wilson to campus (via zoom).
Mayah’s Lot at the IGU Biennial Symposium
The 2021 Institute for Global Understanding Biennial Symposium focusing on Human Rights and the Environment featured Mayah’s Lot on the Environmental Justice panel. You can watch the panel from this link. https://www.monmouth.edu/igu/symposium/
CUNY Queens Sustainability Consortium
Join CUER and all of CUNY’s Queens Campuses to explore how academic research and expertise can support environmental justice advocacy. March 5 10:00-4:30. Register at http://bit.ly/2N7U1LD
Queens environmental group honors CUER’s Professor Bratspies
The Eastern Queens Alliance recently honored CUER Director Rebecca Bratspies at its annual Idlewild Wetland and Wildlife Benefit and Award Luncheon. This year’s theme, “Our Communities Matter,” resonated throughout the afternoon, as community activists discussed a…
Environmental Justice at City Council
On February 28, 2014, CUER Director Rebecca Bratspies testified before the City Council Environmental Committee.
Professor Bratspies writes on Greenpoint’s Environmental Benefit Fund as a Model for Community Participation
At first glance, Greenpoint seems much like many other ethnically diverse New York City neighborhood struggling with rapid gentrification.
(VIDEO) Transforming Brooklyn’s Urban Backwater: Perspectives on the Gowanus Canal
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, … hosted at the CUNY School of Law. View the videos below…
Young, Loud and Something to Say: CUER Joins Global Kids at NYC Talking Transition Tent
This article was jointly written by Andy Jones and Ethan Middlebrooks On Friday, November 22, CUER Fellows Andy Jones and I joined youth from Global Kids, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to fostering global learning and youth…
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CUER and CUNY Students object as Port Authority reneges on Clean Truck Plan
Posted on May 4, 2016 by Rebecca Bratspies
CUER filed official comments raising serious objections to the Port Authority’s plan to abandon its Clean Truck Plan, the ambitious plan that would have dramatically reduced air pollution across the region. CUER alleged: “the Port Authority’s…
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