What are the emerging issues regarding environmental health in New York City? What are the Obama Administration's priorities for improving environmental health?

Join WE ACT for Environmental Justice on Tuesday, April 13th for the answers to these questions, and more. The afternoon session of our groundbreaking "Scientific Session & Community Dialogue" event will feature presentations from scientific researchers on emerging environmental health issues.

The evening session will feature NIEHS Director, Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum, who plans to discuss the Obama Administration's goals for improving environmental health.

The community forum will also feature a number of local scientist, advocates and researchers representing the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Services, WE ACT, the Mailman School of Public Health and the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan.

Where: Harlem School of the Arts
645 Saint Nicholas Avenue (bw 142nd and 143rd streets)
New York, NY 10030
use A, B, C, D to 145th street

When: April 13, 2024
Scientific Session 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Forum 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Childcare and Translation (Spanish) will be provided.

***To RSVP please email or call Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman at

(347) 465-8483 or

ogonnaya@weact.org.***