🛣️ Deborah N. Archer — Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality - Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College | Tue, Feb 3 | 6 PM
Join Roosevelt House, the Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program, and the Regional Plan Association for a discussion with ACLU President Deborah N. Archer about her new book “Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality”. Learn how transportation infrastructure has become an essential means of maintaining segregation and inequality since the dissolving of Jim Crow.
🌿 Want a Climate-Forward City? Start With Your Public Realm! | Wed, Feb 4 | 12 PM
Join Reimagining the Civic Commons to learn how public spaces can advance community resilience — and how you can bring these powerful strategies into your practice. If you’re interested in creating places of connection in the public realm that can also act as powerful climate infrastructure, don’t miss this webinar.
🚸 Rally for Car-Free Freedom Drive | Fri, Feb 6 | 2:15 PM
Join Richmond Hill families and neighbors for a joyful march and rally in Forest Park to call for a permanently car-free Freedom Drive, which is now open to vehicles despite community opposition. Call for a safer, greener, accessible Freedom Drive that prioritizes pedestrians of all ages and abilities and cyclists, not cars.
🚇 I ♥ Transit Happy Hour | Tue, Feb 10 | 6:30 PM
Come out of the cold and show some love for transit at Riders Alliance's annual community appreciation gathering! Join fellow transit advocates at Nothing Really Matters (210 W 50th St) for an evening of connection and celebration.
🌷 Garden Tour: Winter Flora in Tompkins Square Park | Sun, Feb 22 | 11 AM
Come explore Tompkins Square Park’s pollinator pocket gardens in the midst of the winter season. Kathleen Corrigan, volunteer gardener with Friends of Tompkins Square Park and native plant expert, will teach about caring for gardens when plants are largely dormant. You’ll also have the opportunity to see some rare February blooms! Come ready to learn and connect with other native plant enthusiasts.
🏃🏽♀️ WE ACT Earth Day 5K | Sat, Apr 25 | 9 AM
Lace up for WE ACT's annual 5K at Randall's Island and run for environmental justice! All registrants get a free WE ACT membership and race t-shirt, with awards for top finishers and fundraisers (individual and team). Can't make it in person? Register for the virtual race option—all proceeds support WE ACT's community-driven climate work.
