Honoring People and Community
Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens CDC / Queens Energy Hub
A HUD-certified non-profit counseling agency with over 28 years of housing and advisory services for local residents of Queens. NHS of Queens’ mission is to preserve and revitalize underserved neighborhoods in Queens.
Frontline Resource Institute
The Frontline Resource Institute supports frontline communities working to advance environmental justice and climate justice by providing the resources and technical assistance to build a world where all can achieve healthy, safe, and sustainable environments.
34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition
34th Avenue Open Street Coalition is a community of volunteers and local residents dedicated to developing community programming on 34th Avenue’s 26-block open street in Jackson Heights. Activities occur nearly seven days a week and include arts and cultural programming for people of all ages, immigration clinics, ESL classes, gardening classes, and more.
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Defense Fund's mission is to build a vital Earth. For everyone. By leveraging our deep expertise in science and economics, EDF delivers bold, game-changing solutions to address the biggest challenge of our time — climate change.
Kaleidospace
KALEIDOSPACE is a Queens-based collective focused on the intersection of art, activism, and community: Sunny Roberts, Manuela Agudelo, Kacia Flórez, Kelly Arango, Mark Saldana.
Veggie Nuggets
Veggie Nuggets is a Queens youth climate action group. They have worked on multiple projects, including helping to stop the NRG Astoria power plant and creating a public garden for Queens’s diverse communities to enjoy.
Bayeté Ross Smith
Bayeté Ross Smith is an artist, visual journalist, filmmaker and education worker, working at the intersection of photography, film & video, visual journalism, 3D objects and new media.