COALITION BUILDING

WE ACT has been an active and well-known participant in New York City, State and regional coalitions: Pure Water Alliance, Constitutional Convention Work Group, Alliance For Clean Water Action, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, the Northeast Environmental Justice Network, and the NYC Coalition To End Lead Poisoning.

Work Groups include: EPA's Urban Wet Weather FACA, EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee's Enforcement Subcommittee, and EPA's Permit Reform Stakeholder Input Group; and NYC DEP's Combined Sewer Overflows Committee.

Advisory Board memberships include: Harlem Center For Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Columbia University's NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan, Healthy Schools Network (CP), Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (CCM), MTA Manhattan Site Task Force (PS), Children's Environmental Health Network, Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (CCM), Environmental Education Advisory Council (CCM), DEC Quality of Life Workshop (PS), and DEC Air Toxics Review Committee (CE).

 Steering Committee, Organizing Support Center - Carmen Perez
 Board Member, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance - Luis Benitez
 Board Member, NYC Coalition To End Lead Poisoning - Carmen Perez
 Member, Community Board 12 - Carmen Perez
 Member, Community Board 11, Environmental Committee - Carmen Perez
 Member, Community Board 10, Health Committee -Carmen Perez

Conferences: WE ACT staff have served as plenary and panel speakers at numerous local, regional and national conferences from the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Environmental Professionals to the National Society of Environmental Journalists, as well as federal grantee meetings hosted by EPA and NIEHS.