Celebrating Our Wins in 2025

About this episode

Jaron and Lonnie celebrate significant environmental justice wins achieved by WE ACT in 2025.

It has been a difficult year for many of us, but that hasn’t stopped WE ACT from accomplishing some big wins in the name of environmental justice. Join Jaron and Lonnie to learn more about some of the wins for 2025 that we are excited to celebrate. Want to take action? Check out the links below: SEND A LETTER TO GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO PROTECT OUR HEALTH AND BAN PFAS & OTHER TOXIC CHEMICALS IN PERIOD PRODUCTS SEND A LETTER TO GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO REPEAL THE 100 FOOT RULE! Check out these past episodes related to some of our wins this year: Fifty First Episodes (featuring Karla Cordero, WE ACT's Chief of Staff) Energy Democracy – Power to the People (featuring Briana Carbajal, WE ACT's State Legislative Manager) Extreme Heat: Too Hot to Handle (featuring members of WE ACT's Climate Justice Working Group) You can also listen to this episode on YouTube. Got questions? Email us at podcast@weact.org Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook

People in this episode

Hosts: Jaron Burke, Lonnie Portis

Topics covered

• environmental justice
• community wins
• advocacy
• toxic chemicals
• climate action

Keywords

• environmental justice
• WE ACT
• Governor Hochul
• PFAS
• toxic chemicals
• advocacy
• climate justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Products: PFAS, period products

Books & works: Fifty First Episodes, Energy Democracy – Power to the People, Extreme Heat: Too Hot to Handle

Places: Governor Hochul

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