NEW YORK – Today, Saturday October 28 at 11:45 AM, a broad coalition of local, state, national and global organizations will gather and march across the Brooklyn Bridge to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and demand bold powerful action from state and local officials.
With 153 groups signed-on, the #Sandy5 march will start at Cadman Plaza before crossing the bridge and gathering at the Alfred E. Smith Houses on the Lower East Side. Organizers are remembering the lives and livelihoods lost to Superstorm Sandy and demanding bold and swift climate action from New York’s elected officials. Demands include actionable steps for Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Chuck Schumer to address unmet needs from the storm’s devastation, protect communities vulnerable to inevitable future storms, and secure transformative policies to make New York a true climate leader.
What: #Sandy5 March
When: Saturday, October 28 at 11:45 am EST
Where: Gathering at Cadman Plaza, marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, rallying Alfred E. Smith Houses
Who: Thousands of New Yorkers representing a broad and diverse spectrum of communities
Speakers include:
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Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, New York Environmental Justice Alliance
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Damaris Reyes, Chair, LESReady!
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Rachel Rivera, Sandy Survivor and member, New York Communities for Change
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Annie Willis, Sandy Survivor, Food & Water Watch Intern, Baruch College Student
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Wally Bazemore, Red Hook Houses
New York community leaders and survivors from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Katrina available for press
Sandy5 Organizations
Alfred E. Smith Residents Association
Alliance for Climate Education
Alliance for a Human-Scale City
American Indian Community House
Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
Beloved Earth Community, Riverside Church
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Citizen Action New York City Chapter
Citizens Committee for New York City
Climate Reality Project, New York City Metro Chapter
Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC
Democratic Socialists of America
Downtown Independent Democrats
Earth Celebrations-Ecological and Social Change through the Arts
ENDANGERED! The Super Stormy Musical
Environmental Justice Initiative
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
Green Education and Legal Fund
Guainia Taíno Tribe
Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
International Indian Treaty Council
International Socialist Organization
Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
LiUNA Local 78, Asbestos, Lead & Hazardous Waste Laborers
LiUNA Local 79, Construction and General Building Laborers
Local 46 Metallic Lathers and Reinforcing Ironworkers
Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens
Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement
Morningside Heights / West Harlem Sanitation Coalition
National Institute for Coastal and Harbor Infrastructure
National Lawyers Guild Environmental Justice Committee
New York Buddhist Climate Action Network
New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC)
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA)
New York Environmental Law & Justice Project
New York City Friends of Clearwater
New York City Real Estate Investment Cooperative
New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters
New York Communities for Change
New York Gray Panthers Project Fund
New York Immigration Coalition
New York Insight Eco Sangha
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
New York Progressive Action Network
New York Public Interest Research Group
New York State Nurses Association
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE)
NY NJ Storm Surge Working Group
NYC Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
ORLI+ (Operation Resilient Living and Innovation +)
Peace and Justice Task Force of All Souls Unitarian Church
People’s Collective Art / Collectivo de Arte Popular
Physicians for a National Health Program NY Metro Chapter
The People’s Own Organic Power (POOP) Project
Progressive Action of Lower Manhattan
Queens Recovery & Resiliency (QR²), Far Rockaway Arverne Nonprofit Coalition (FRANC)
Social Action Committee of Park Slope United Methodist Church
The Climate Mobilization Hoboken</p
Three Parks Independent Democrats
United Federation of Taíno People
WEDO (Women’s Environmental and Development Organization)
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
We The People
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
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Via Common Dreams. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.