Your People at UPROSE 🌻

Founded in 1966-organizing & building intergen, BIPOC community leadership through advocacy, art & activism at intersection of racial justice & climate change

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

Dear Community,

Follow us on Threads @uprosebrooklyn and now also on Bluesky at https://t.co/rNA9aVCilk for updates, announcements, and climate justice conversations.

Please note, our X account will soon be deactivated. See you on Threads and Bluesky!

In Solidarity,
UPROSE 🌻

[NYC Water @NYCWater]

Commissioner Garcia met with @UPROSE Executive Director Elizabeth Yeampierre to discuss the Sunset Park GRID, a climate justice & economic development plan to transform the industrial waterfront into a hub for green manufacturing, renewable energy, & climate resiliency. 🌱⚡️🌊

[Rev Yearwood ✊🏾 @RevYearwood]

Congratulations to my dear friend, Elizabeth Yeampierre and the entrie UPROSE family, on the 60th anniversary of @UPROSE! ✊🏾

For six decades, UPROSE has been Brooklyn’s oldest Latino-led organization, repping, organizing, and fighting for justice in Brooklyn and beyond.

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

@RevYearwood 🖤🍃

[Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) @errollouis]

All rise for La Borinqueña (Puerto Rican anthem) to open the 60th anniversary gala of @UPROSE

[Yeampierre @yeampierre]

To our beloved #jamaica #onelove from your Puerto Rican cousins-💚♥️🖤🇵🇷 - holding you in prayer & here to support 🖤

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

Plane flying over Sunset Park the next 2 hours is a direct action from @uprose & our climate justice allies as we close down NYClimateWeek& protest @nycedc @batworks compromising justice #dontselloutsunsetpark #goGRiD @Bat In Sunset Park we organize & lead with Solutions -

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

https://t.co/3WUjZhSFoW @yeampierre

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

Use QR code to check out events & register👇🏽✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽💚 from NOLA to PR to the BK Climate Justice Lives Here!

[Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 @CJAOurPower]

The alarming information about the massive amounts of energy that are being consumed by ChatGPT, Gemini, CoPilot and other chatbots, is making its way into mainstream media: https://t.co/OnCcBMmOed

So, what can you do? 🧵

[emergent city @Emergentcitydoc]

In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a battle for the future is underway. POV’s EMERGENT CITY premieres 8/18 on @PBS. Co-produced with ITVS. #EmergentCityPBS #POVonPBS
https://t.co/B9LqnaKC8Q

[Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 @CJAOurPower]

In Brooklyn, NY, @UPROSE, a CJA member group, is proving that community power can deliver real victories. We’re celebrating the construction kick-off of Sunset Park Solar—New York City’s first-ever community-led solar project—on the rooftop of the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

@CityLimitsNews @yeampierre @CJAOurPower @CMAlexaAviles 🌻@SolutionsProj

[City Limits @CityLimitsNews]

“People are starting to realize that the solutions are hyper-local and that their relationships with each other are going to be central to us being able to survive the next big storm.” https://t.co/GNEJQMm4yb

[Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 @CJAOurPower]

Catch the broadcast premiere of “Emergent City” on Monday, August 18 at 10PM on PBS (check local listings). #EmergentCityPBS #POVonPBS @UPROSE
https://t.co/RSTg9WoyBU

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽💚

[Alexa Avilés @CMAlexaAviles]

Read a recent op-ed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about the Brooklyn Marine Terminal redesign from Eddie Bautista, Executive Dir of NYC Environmental Justice Alliance and myself.

Access full text here: https://t.co/1UIwNl26TB

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

#ClimateChange

[NYC Emergency Management @nycemergencymgt]

NYC is entering another intense heat wave this week and it’s not just the temperature. The air will be hot and humid, making it harder for your body to cool itself through sweat. This increases the risk of heat-related illness, even for healthy individuals.

Plan ahead to stay cool and safe: 
💧 Drink plenty of water 
🌳 Limit outdoor activity 
👵 Check in on neighbors, especially older adults 
❄️ Find your cool option: spend time in an air-conditioned space like a library, café, museum, or a family or friend’s home with AC. Cooling centers are also now open. 

Visit https://t.co/EZIWpvQwOw to make your heat safety plan and find a cooling center near you!

[Alexa Avilés @CMAlexaAviles]

I joined w/ @SalazarSenate, 6 other electeds, & @JFREJNYC @thenyic @MaketheRoadNY @nycDSA + others to help guide people safely out of immigration court.

ICE has continued to escalate their unlawful attacks within our court. We must keep paying attention to these violent attacks.

[Alexa Avilés @CMAlexaAviles]

Congratulations to the Class of 2025 and our District 38 Excellence in Leadership Award Recipients!

Felicitaciones a todos los graduados de la clase de 2025 y a los ganadores de nuestro premio de liderazgo por demostrar excelencia académica!

More awardees to follow!

[Serendipity Literary Agency @serendipitylit]

If you're in the Brooklyn area, you're invited to join #SerendipityLit author/illustrator Patrick Dougher this Saturday, June 14th, at @UPROSE for a special Juneteenth event!

RSVP here: https://t.co/ZI04LGvhsz

Out now from @littlebrown.