{"id":5178,"date":"2025-03-31T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=5178"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:59:40","slug":"earth-day-albany-advocacy-day-beauty-justice-act","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/events\/earth-day-albany-advocacy-day-beauty-justice-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Albany Advocacy Day: Beauty Justice Act"},"template":"","class_list":["post-5178","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":5183,"registration_cta":{"title":"RSVP","url":"https:\/\/community.weact.org\/earth_day_advocacy_day","target":"_blank"},"event_type":false,"authors":false,"start_date_time":"2025-04-29 06:00:00","end_date_time":"2025-04-29 18:00:00"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_links","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_hero_links":{"title":"","abstract":"","links":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Are you concerned about the toxic chemicals commonly found in cosmetics and other personal care products? Did you know that many of the most toxic products are aggressively marketed towards people of color? Do you want to help do something about this? The celebrate Earth Day by travelling to Albany with us on Tuesday, April 29th to lobby for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/campaigns\/beauty-justice-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York State Beauty Justice Act<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.weact.org\/earth_day_advocacy_day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSVP<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>What is the Beauty Justice Act?<\/strong>\r\nPersonal care products \u2013 everything from cosmetics to soaps and shampoos to hair straighteners \u2013 are largely unregulated, with far too many containing toxic ingredients that have been linked to cancer, infertility, miscarriage, poor infant and maternal health outcomes, obesity, asthma, and many other serious health concerns. And a combination of racist beauty standards and aggressive target marketing have led young women and femme-identifying people of color to higher rates of use for these harmful products \u2013 on top of already being exposed to disproportionate amounts of toxic chemicals. That is why we are currently advocating for the passage of the Beauty Justice Act\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/S2057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.2057<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/A2054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A.2054<\/a>), which will ban the most dangerous toxic chemicals from the majority of these products.\r\n\r\n<strong>What is an Albany Advocacy Day?<\/strong>\r\nSpend the day with our staff and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.just-green.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colleagues<\/a> as we take a bus (which is free to you, along with lunch) up to Albany. Once we arrive, you will meet with your lobby team leader and review the key talking points about the bill and the plan for the day \u2013 along with any questions you may have \u2013 over free coffee and bagels. Once we\u2019re all prepped, we will then split up in teams to meet with legislators and their staff to discuss the importance of passing the Beauty Justice Act!\r\n\r\nFor those who sign-up to attend, we will a Zoom prep meeting beforehand to explain the details of this legislation, provide tips on talking to legislators, and answer any questions you may have. In the meantime, feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rgqw-I7bOCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch this brief video<\/a>\u00a0showing what you can expect on one of our Albany trips.\r\n\r\nIf you join us, we will meet at WE ACT\u2019s office (on the Second Floor of 1854 Amsterdam Avenue, which is at the corner of 152nd Street) at 6:00 AM on Tuesday, April 29th. We will have bagels and coffee before boarding the bus to Albany for the day, returning to our office around 6:00 PM.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.weact.org\/earth_day_advocacy_day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JOIN OUR ALBANY ADVOCACY DAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Earth Day Albany Advocacy Day: Beauty Justice Act - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/events\/earth-day-albany-advocacy-day-beauty-justice-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earth Day Albany Advocacy Day: Beauty Justice Act - 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