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NYC Climate Justice Hub, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY (2026)

04/21/2026

The NYC Climate Justice Hub is holding a Spring Symposium and Workshop on Wednesday, April 29th, from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

During the event, attendees will honor and celebrate successful partnerships between CUNY faculty, students, and community organizations that have driven tangible local impact.

They will also participate in a Syllabus Lab to move away from extractive academic practices and to 'retool' classes to support a just transition for New York City.

Dinner will be provided. This is an invite-only event for CUNY faculty, staff, and students. If you're interested in attending, please email Kobie Colemon at [email protected]

04/17/2026

🌳 Seven Hub Research Teams came together at the CUNY Graduate Center in late March for the “Rooted in Community:” Collaborative Research Showcase. During this interactive, full-day event, the teams shared the outcomes of the projects they have been working on since 2024.

The Hub's Research Teams serve NYC-EJA’s city- and statewide-level campaigns and initiatives and six of its member organizations: The Point CDC, Nos Quedamos, GOLES, The Brotherhood Sister Sol, El Puente, and UPROSE. The teams consist of staff from the organizations and CUNY faculty and students.

Unlike traditional university-community partnerships, the Hub’s Research collaborations are “rooted in community,” which means that community organizations set the research agenda, goals, and priorities, while academics provide technical assistance and consultation.

The projects that the teams presented are the following:

- GOLES, Lower East Side (LES): “Listening to LES: Community Driven Climate Resilience and Environmental Justice Insights from the UrVoice Survey”

- The Point CDC, Hunts Point, South Bronx: “Plug into Justice: Community Energy Infrastructure in Hunts Point”

- El Puente, Williamsburg: “Southside People Over Pavement: Mobility Justice, Street Reclamation and Redesign from Los Sures"

- Peter Marcotullio, Geography Professor at Hunter College, and Victoria Sanders, Climate and Health Programs Manager at NYC-EJA: "Breaking Through the Smog: Excessive Heat and Air Pollution in NYC EJ Communities," on NYC-EJA’s Community Heat and Air Monitoring Project for Environmental Justice (CHAMP-EJ).

- UPROSE, Sunset Park: “Mapping a Just Transition: A Vision for Community-Centered Urban Agriculture in Sunset Park”

- Nos Quedamos, Melrose, South Bronx: “From Maps to Advocacy: A Community-Based Curriculum for Environmental Justice, Community Organizing, and Advocacy.”

- BroSis, Harlem: “Growing Community Composting in NYC: The BroSis HotBox Model, the NYC 1K Composting Systems Initiative, and an Online Map and Platform”

02/06/2026

🏍️ As part of the Hub’s Research Teams program, three professors and a student have partnered with Green Light District team to conduct a mobility study for the Southside of Williamsburg (Los Sures).

⛟ Some members of the team gathered recently for a generative in-person workshopping session at El Puente's Williamsburg Leadership Center in Los Sures to draft recommendations to mitigate pollution, calm traffic, and reclaim/create safer, healthier, greener streetscapes and open spaces for young people, elders, and all neighbors.

🤩 El Puente’s Green Light District Team members are Daniela Castillo, Maria Fernanda Pulido Velosa, Raisa Lin Garden-Lucerna, and Efren Olson-Sanchez. The Hub Research Team for El Puente comprises professors Sherry Ryan, Dwayne Baker, and Alison Conway, and master's student Gaston Fernandez.

🛣️ The two-year collaboration will result in a comprehensive report outlining proposed changes to street designs and modal networks that can be implemented by the New York City Department of Transportation ( ) and would improve safety, livability, and quality of life for the Los Sures community.

⛟ The key emphasis of this report will focus on mitigation measures and alternatives to existing truck routes, addressing daily traffic congestion within Los Sures and along the relevant portion of the BQE.

12/17/2025

✨ Happening at the Hub recently!

The Hub Research Teams gathered for a Gratitude Celebration last month to honor and reflect on two years of work with NYC-EJA member organizations across NYC’s environmental justice communities. Our participating CUNY professors and students from Lehman College, City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, as well as Hub Advocates and staff from GOLES, Nos Quedamos, and El Puente attended the event.

During the gathering, members shared their most important takeaways or achievements from the projects they have been working on.

Over dinner, participants exchanged books that have impacted or inspired their climate justice work, representing a continuation of knowledge-sharing and learning in solidarity with the environmental and climate justice movement.

11/25/2025

The NYC Climate Justice Hub launched its second Fellowship & Internship Programs (and inaugural Environmental Justice (EJ) Caucus) in October with an Academy spanning three evenings.

The Academy brought together nine Fellows and five Interns selected from a competitive application pool of over 200 CUNY students, along with the Hub and New York City Environmental Justice Alliance staff.

The Fellows are Alexander Shearman (Political Economy, Macaulay Honors), Izza Amir (English, Hunter College), Josue Rosa (Finance, College of Staten Island), Victoria Melo (Law, CUNY School of Law), Yaneisha Burroughs(Public Administration, John Jay College), Azka Saqib (History and Library Science), Jacob Velez (Digital Marketing, Queens College), Ezra Undag (Sustainability in the Urban Environment), and Walter Arzu (Sustainability in the Urban Environment, The City College of New York).

The Fellows are working with and representing CUNY students on seven campaigns and coalitions that NYC-EJA has developed or is a member of: Extreme Heat, Forest for All NYC, Last Mile Coalition, NY Renews, PEAK Coalition, Renewable Rikers, and Transform Don't Trash. The cohort of Fellows has also formed a student caucus that represents and is accountable to the CUNY student body.

The Interns are Nial Parmanan (Law, CUNY School of Law), Josh Levine (Community Health & Social Science, CUNY School of Public Health), Leslie Mejía (Education, College of Staten Island), Diana Higuera (Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures), and Juan Carlos García (Psychology, Graduate Center).

The Interns are working with NYC-EJA member organizations, GOLES, Brotherhood Sister Sol, Nos Quedamos, El Puente, and The Point CDC, and supporting their local initiatives and projects.

During the Academy, the Caucus and interns learned more about the Hub partnership, NYC-EJA, and the history of student organizing at CUNY. Students learned about key climate and environmental justice issues in New York City and State, as well as their duties for the upcoming months.

The Fellowship runs until June 2026, and the Internship until February 2026. Learn more about the Academy and both programs here! https://tinyurl.com/5n99ukvr

10/02/2025

☕ Here we share some of our fresh, latest updates from our newsletter!

2) 🤓 The second year of the Hub's Professional Learning Community (PLC) launched in September, with students, faculty, and climate justice activists from various organizations and institutions, including the The Brotherhood Sister Sol , New York City Environmental Justice Alliance , The Graduate Center, CUNY , Lehman College , Brooklyn College , John Jay College of Criminal Justice , College , Hostos Community College , Hunter College , Medgar Evers College, CUNY , and The City College of New York

🔗 Learn more about the PLC here: https://tinyurl.com/n87bn3s

3) 💯 We have selected our second cohort of nine Fellows and five Interns, from Macaulay Honors College , Hunter College , John Jay College of Criminal Justice , Queens College , The City College of New York , College of Staten Island , CUNY School of Law , CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy , and The Graduate Center, CUNY . Fellows and Interns will attend an introductory Climate Justice Academy this month to kick off the program, and we are excited to announce their names soon!

4) 👗 Nos Quedamos Annual Benefit: For over 30 years, Nos Quedamos has been working with residents of the South Bronx to advance affordable housing, community ownership, environmental justice, and build cultural pride. Join Nos Quedamos' Annual Benefit on Thursday, October 16th, to help them preserve the achievements they have made so far.

🎟️ More information and tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/yvrvdtan

5) 🤩 Meet Imani Cenac, Nos Quedamos' Hub Advocate

08/20/2025

Are you interested in discussing climate justice (CJ) and environmental justice (EJ) challenges across NYC? Would you like to integrate these issues into your classes and/or projects?

Join the PLC, a semester-long, book club-style conversation series around these topics!

We will meet in person at different members' locations.

More information and registration are in the links in our bio.

08/19/2025

Thanks to all CUNY students who applied for the Climate Justice Action Fellowship and the NYC Climate Justice Hub Internship Program.

If you have questions, please email us at [email protected]

Stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks!

08/08/2025

🤔 Still deciding whether to apply for the Hub’s Climate Justice Action Fellowship or Internship Program? Think no more! Three of our previous Fellows and Interns share some reasons for you to apply!

🙌🏽 The Climate Justice Action Fellowship is open to current CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, and the NYC Climate Justice Hub’s Internship Program is open to current CUNY graduate students.

👀 To be eligible, applicants have to be enrolled at a CUNY campus for the 2025-2026 academic year. Please check with your campus’s Financial Aid Office about your eligibility to receive funds through your CUNY First account PRIOR to applying.

🗓️ Selected students will have to attend a mandatory kick-off Academy on October 7th, 8th, and 9th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

⏳ The deadline to apply for both opportunities is Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 11:59 pm.

🔗 For more information on the fellowship and internship, including eligibility, time commitment, and other FAQs, please visit the link in our bio.

08/01/2025

1) 🗞️ Here, we share some updates from our latest newsletter! https://tinyurl.com/4kyf87he

2) 👀 Two Paid Opportunities Open for all CUNY Students: the Climate Justice Action Fellowship ($5,000 fellowship award) and the Hub's Internship Program ($9,000 fellowship award). The deadline to apply is Sunday, August 17th. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/2pj8n6ck

3) Are you a CUNY professor who taught a climate/environmental justice-related course in Spring 2025? Sign up for the IRB-approved research project titled “Pedagogy of Care: Exploring Climate Justice Frameworks in CUNY Undergraduate Courses,” which explores the diverse landscape of climate justice-related courses at CUNY and the instructors who teach them. To receive a consent form and the survey, fill out your contact information here: https://tinyurl.com/uaxbfkyh

4) The free De-Escalation Training by the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) will equip you with skills to de-escalate various situations and maintain community safety. RSVP here! https://tinyurl.com/464934vk

5) Meet Michael Menser, one of the Hub Co-Directors. What inspired him to get involved in climate justice work? Read his interview here: https://tinyurl.com/4kyf87he

🗞️ Subscribe to our newsletter here! https://tinyurl.com/yc7pcke8

07/27/2025

Este Summit es solo el principio...

La primera Cumbre de Justicia Climática de CUNY, centrada en los estudiantes y liderada por comunidades, recibió a más de 400 estudiantes, profesores, líderes de organizaciones comunitarias y activistas de justicia climática en el Graduate Center de CUNY el 25 de febrero de 2025.

📼 Este video recopila los momentos más destacados de la Cumbre, que es solo el principio del trabajo por la justicia climática en CUNY. ¿Cómo puedes continuarlo?

👀 OPORTUNIDADES PAGADAS
Tenemos dos oportunidades remuneradas disponibles para todos los estudiantes de CUNY interesados en organizarse para promover la justicia climática: la Climate Justice Action Fellowship y la NYC Climate Justice Hub Internship Program.

Ambas oportunidades conectarán a los estudiantes de CUNY con y sus organizaciones miembro, brindándoles experiencia práctica en el abordaje de problemas de justicia climática, como energía, transición justa, gestión de residuos, transporte y más.

🗓️ La fecha límite para postular es el 17 de agosto.

🔗 Puedes encontrar más información aquí: https://tinyurl.com/sda6jxmt

07/23/2025

The first-ever CUNY-wide, student-centered, community-led Climate Justice Summit welcomed more than 400 students, professors, community org leaders, and EJ/CJ activists to the CUNY Graduate Center on February 25th, 2025.

📼 This video compiles the highlights of the Summit and invites you to continue to get involved in climate justice. How can you do it?

👀 OPEN PAID OPPORTUNITIES
We have two paid opportunities available to all CUNY students who are interested in organizing to advance climate justice: the Climate Justice Action Fellowship and the NYC Climate Justice Hub Internship Program.

Both opportunities will connect CUNY students with
and its member organizations, providing hands-on experience in addressing climate justice issues, including energy, just transition, waste management, transportation, and more.

🗓️ The deadline to apply is August 17th.

🔗 You can find more information here: https://tinyurl.com/sda6jxmt

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