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CIVITAS' 2025 Benefit
May 20,
at the Dominican Academy,
44 East 68th Street, New York City at 6:30 P.M.
We warmly invite you to join us for an evening of
celebration
and community.
Our tickets start at
$200. We appreciate your continued support for our work as
we address the many challenges that our communities are
confronting.
A central focus of
the evening will be the urgent need for City and State
investment in the crumbling 10-block stretch of the East
Harlem waterfront along the East River Esplanade, from East
107th to East 117th Streets. This vital public space is in
serious disrepair, with large sections fenced off due to
safety concerns.
We hope you will join
us to support this cause and and others including our
advocacy for a more reasonable Lenox Hill Hospital expansion
plan. Let's celebrate the progress we’re making together.
We are thrilled to
honor Gorman Reilly,
a CIVITAS past President and an invaluable board member for
23 years. He currently co-chairs our Traffic, Transit and
Transportation Committee. Gorman has worked tirelessly to
support and successfully implement traffic safety
improvement measures.
CIVITAS is also
honoring key partners in our shared goal to rebuild and
improve the Esplanade's East Harlem Waterfront.
They are:
Andy
Darrell, Senior
Adviser, at the Environmental Defense Fund, a global
nonprofit organization with its headquarters in New York
City. Andy develops solutions that combine policy change and
private investment, with a particular passion for ways to
deliver clean energy and less pollution in large cities.
Peggy Shepard,
Co-founder and Executive Director of WE ACT For
Environmental Justice. Peggy has a long history of
organizing and engaging Northern Manhattan residents in
community-based planning and campaigns to address
environmental protection and environmental health policy
locally and nationally.
Julie Tighe,
President of the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV)
and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education
Fund since 2018. NYLCV fights for clean water and air,
renewable energy and open space through its support of local
and State candidates for political office and public
education programs.
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