{"id":4101,"date":"2020-02-21T08:59:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/peggy-shepard-named-chair-of-the-environmental-justice-advisory-board-by-new-york-city-mayor-february-20-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:58:28","slug":"peggy-shepard-named-chair-of-the-environmental-justice-advisory-board-by-new-york-city-mayor-february-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/peggy-shepard-named-chair-of-the-environmental-justice-advisory-board-by-new-york-city-mayor-february-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Shepard Named Chair of the Environmental Justice Advisory Board by New York City Mayor \u2013 February 20, 2020"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4101","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","person_tax-peggy-shepard"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":false,"authors":[232],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 7, 2020<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: Chris Dobens, 212-961-1000 ext. 320,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:chris@weact.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chris@weact.org<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>NEW YORK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2014 <\/span>Peggy Shepard has been appointed Chair of the Environmental Justice Advisory Board by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The board will \u201cdevelop a design and scope for the citywide environmental justice study, establish a publicly accessible online data portal and interactive map, and develop a citywide environmental justice plan. The board will also be working with the City to ensure public engagement, input, and participation are included in the development and implementation of all of these initiatives.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/092-20\/mayor-de-blasio-advances-citywide-environmental-justice-efforts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read the Announcement<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a Northern Manhattan membership-based organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and\/or low-income residents participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. Visit us at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weact.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weactforej\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weact4ej\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weact4ej\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>","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>Peggy Shepard Named Chair of the Environmental Justice Advisory Board by New York City Mayor \u2013 February 20, 2020 - 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\/updates\/peggy-shepard-named-chair-of-the-environmental-justice-advisory-board-by-new-york-city-mayor-february-20-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peggy Shepard Named Chair of the Environmental Justice Advisory Board by New York City Mayor \u2013 February 20, 2020 - 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