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🎃 Happy Halloween from the UPROSE! 🎃

From witches and wizards to superheroes and colorful calaveras, we’re bringing all the Halloween spirit! This team is all about resilience, creativity, and a little bit of Halloween magic 👻🕸️✨

We hope your Halloween is filled with laughter, community, and plenty of treats! Take a closer look at some of our amazing costumes—no tricks here, just good vibes and a reminder that we’re all stronger together. 🌻

🎶 Join us for Bomba Classes with BombaYo! 🎶

Feel the rhythm and get moving! Starting Friday, November 8th, UPROSE is hosting exciting Bomba classes with the incredible BombaYo 💃🏽🕺🏽. Learn this vibrant Afro-Puerto Rican tradition of music, dance, and culture in the heart of Sunset Park!

📅 Friday Evenings 🕡 6:30 PM - 8 PM 📍462 36th Street, 3rd Floor, Sunset Park, BK 11232

✨ No walk-ins, registration is required!

RSVP now to secure your spot: Link in QR code

Let’s dance, connect, and celebrate community! 💥 CommunityVibes

Join UPROSE for a vital NARCAN Harm Reduction Training on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024, from 6-7pm! 🌟 Led by NYC Communities for Health , this session will teach you how to administer naloxone and prevent opioid overdose in your community. Plus, participants will receive free naloxone and fentanyl test strip kits.

🗓️ Date & Time: November 20th, 2024 | 6-7pm
📍 Location: UPROSE Climate Justice Center, 462 36th St, 3rd Floor, Sunset Park, BK, NY 11232

Your participation could save lives—RSVP now using the link below to reserve your spot:
📌 http://t.ly/lPVvN

Bonus! We’re also offering a CPR non-certificate training on Thursday, December 12th, from 6-7pm, led by FDNY. Sign up with the same link!

Let’s come together to create safer, healthier communities. 🌻

🌟 It’s all happening at Sunset Park Avenues Elementary! 🎒We’re here at the “Putting P.S. 516 on the Map” event, connecting with the community and sharing UPROSE’s vision for a just, sustainable future. 🌻 Stop by and learn how you can be part of the movement! 💚

🌻✨ So thrilled and proud of Elizabeth Yeampierre, our fierce Puerto Rican climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry! As Executive Director of and co-chair of the , she was the first Latina to chair the EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Her global impact includes speaking at Oxford and Brazil’s Ethos Conference.

PLUS, learn how Elizabeth and 19 other powerful Latinx leaders are making waves in the fight to protect our planet. 🌱🌎 Check out the list of the 20 Most Empowering Latinos Fighting Climate Change.

www.peopleenespanol.com/featured/premium/los-20-latinos-mas-poderosos-en-la-lucha-contra-el-cambio-climatico-operativo

In celebration of , UPROSE proudly supports the launch of the new Latino Climate Justice Framework! highlights the crucial and achievable climate policy changes needed for the Latino/a/e community. Check it out and endorse it to support our policymakers and community leaders ➡️ https://bit.ly/3XO9CRf

📌 Additionally, join us for the 2025 Latino Climate Justice Framework: 2nd Edition Panels as part of 2024 GreenLatinos Advocacy Week!

🌎 Tomorrow's the Day! Join us at the ! Festival 🎉 in Sunset Park. From art & music and fashion to workshops & climate action—there's something for everyone! See the full program & map 📍below to plan your day.

Let's build a resilient, just future! 🌻✨

🌱 Calling all eco-conscious fashion lovers! 🌱

Join us this Saturday, September 28th at the ! Festival for a unique experience at the Fast Fashion Tent hosted by UpRose Bk & NYC Council District 38!

👗✨ Clothing Swap & Mending Workshops ✨👖 Got clothes you no longer wear? Swap them out for something new-to-you or give your old favorites a fresh look! Plus, get creative—bring donations and you can even get them painted for a one-of-a-kind transformation!

🗓️ When: September 28th, 2:00-7:00 PM
📍 Where: Pier 4, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 80 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

Let’s take a stand against fast fashion waste while expressing our unique styles. See you there—bring your clothes, your creativity, and your energy! 💚♻️


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How you register for Saturday's Festival😎

Join UPROSE & NYC Council District 38 Alexa Aviles for a very special event !!

UpRose Bk Founded in 1966, UPROSE is BK's oldest Latino community-based organization. We are a women of color

JOIN US for Frontline Climate Week 2024, September 23-28 in Brooklyn 🌎🔥

🌱 Monday, 9/23: Emergent City Screening UpRose Bk 🎥
🌻 Wednesday, 9/25: Latine Luminaries Panel 🌟
🎤 Saturday, 9/28: Festival 🎶

📌 RSVP: http://t.ly/3CuL8

Two dynamic sessions on featuring incredible speakers, including Elizabeth Yeampierre - fierce ED of UpRose Bk and the 2024 Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Senior Fellow! 🌎

🗓️ Thursday, Sept 5, 2024, 12-1:00 PM and 12-1:30 PM (EST)
📍 BC Law School

RSVP in person or virtual: see links below

🌟 Join us at HOW WE DO FREEDOM: Rising Against Fascism on Saturday, September 14, from 10am-6pm at Judson Memorial Church in NYC. Featuring powerful voices, with UpRose Bk's Elizabeth Yeampierre, this is a day you don't want to miss! Let's rise together. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

🎉JOIN UpRose Bk and on Sept 28 for the Festival! Dive into a powerful space of art, music & action. 🎶 Featuring MC Jeanine Ramirez, The Movement's Voice Taina Asili, DJ Monday Blue, BombaYo, and more! 🌻

📌 RSVP: http://t.ly/3CuL8
🎨: Sylvia Riveros

We UpRose Bk are leading the charge against the climate crisis in Southwest Brooklyn! This insightful article by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation that dives deep into our grassroots efforts to operationalize sustainable changes in our community. 🌻

📌 Read here: https://shorturl.at/yfxCZ

🎨🌍 Join us for a vibrant event focused on through art! 🗓️ Wed, July 17, 4-7 PM. No art skills needed—just your passion for making change!

Enjoy painting, great company & free food. Let’s visualize a greener just future!

📍 RSVP: http://shorturl.at/HDIBW