For our June 2022 special feature on climate justice, RECORD spoke to changemakers in the field for a diverse array of perspectives on social justice and the climate emergency.

Elizabeth Yeampierre is the co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance and the executive director of UPROSE, a community group focused on environmental justice in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Her work at UPROSE centers around community organizing in Sunset Park, targeting large-scale sustainable development and tackling environmental issues that threaten historically marginalized populations. Since joining UPROSE in 1996, Yeampierre has contributed to efforts that have doubled the amount of open space in the neighborhood; in 2014, the community celebrated the opening of the 23-acre Bush Terminal waterfront park, the culmination of a 15-year effort by UPROSE.