Uptown Chats
Jaron, Lonnie
podcast@weact.org
Booking Overview
Uptown Chats is a community-focused show where Jaron and Lonnie connect environmental justice to everyday life and current civic priorities. It’s a good booking fit for experts and leaders who can translate climate, health, and equity issues for non-specialist audiences. Expect approachable, mission-driven conversations with movement and policy practitioners.
Metrics
25 episodes, Biweekly, 5.0 rating
<1k, Neutral, USA
Contact Information
podcast@weact.org
Description
Join Jaron and Lonnie as they explore issues in their community through the eyes of everyday people, and discuss how environmental justice is showing up in the news. It’s not just for experts, it's for everyone!
The podcast is officially 1 year old! Now that we're older and wiser, we're releasing episodes twice each month - on the second and last Monday of each month.
Uptown Chats is the official podcast of WE ACT for Environmental Justice. WE ACT was founded in 1988 and has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. You can find us online at weact.org.
Production Team
Host
Jaron, Lonnie
Categories
Education, Society & Culture, Business, Science
Booking Intelligence
Booking Requirements
medium
Typical Credentials:
Movement and issue leaders with credible experience in environmental justice (housing/healthy homes, decarbonization/clean energy), public health impacts of pollution, equity-focused policy, or justice-aligned financial models; often senior practitioners, founders, or recognized experts who can translate complex topics for a general audience.
Required Achievements:
Leadership role at an environmental justice organization, Authorship or public advocacy around housing/public health or climate equity, Founder/CEO experience in mission-driven sustainability or justice work, Role managing public policy campaigns or budget advocacy
Recent Guest Discussions
Anastasia Gordon - Healthy Homes First Campaign And How Listeners Can Get Involved, Caleb Smith - WE ACT Priorities For The City And State Budget, Bunny McKensie Mack - Liberatory Finance And Its Connection To Environmental Justice
Recent Topics
Environmental Justice, Public Health, Climate, Housing, Policy, Equity, Finance, Community, Decarbonization, Clean Energy
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