The Community Engagement Power 50

The 55-year-old environmental justice organization Uprose has long had an influential presence in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, as illustrated by Executive Director Elizabeth Yeampierre’s successful effort to block a proposed rezoning of Industry City. She argued that the space should be used instead to promote jobs in renewable energy production and improve resilience in response to climate change. Before leading Uprose, Yeampierre served as the director of legal education and training at the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.