Food for the Spirit is excited to announce a two-year partnership with the WE ACT Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (WE ACT TCTAC) to conduct outreach and connect our communities to the full array of resources and technical support offered by WE ACT TCTAC.
The WE ACT Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (WE ACT TCTAC) provides free technical assistance, educational resources, and access to environmental justice, grassroots organizing, and energy justice expertise for individuals and organizations. The WE ACT TCTAC is one of 18 Technical Assistance Centers established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).
Community Voices is a network of organizations that focus on environmental justice and will work to achieve movement-building goals throughout New Jersey and New York.
Food for the Spirit is serving as a Community Voice of the WE ACT TCTAC to help connect communities across our region to the following resources:
- Navigating and applying to grants
- Community organizing and engaging with decision makers
- Building partnerships and connecting EJ groups with academic partners
- EJ policy and regulatory analysis
- Energy justice and energy projects
- Environmental and climate justice projects
- EJ needs assessments
- Post grants management
Not sure if the WE ACT TCTAC can help?
- Visit the WE ACT TCTAC website to view upcoming training and funding opportunities.
- Please fill out this quick technical assistance intake form to describe the problem you hope to address.
- Sign up here for an email newsletter to stay informed about the WE ACT TCTAC’s services.
With support from Food for the Spirit, WE ACT will focus outreach in the Finger Lakes region of impact, also known as NY Economic Region 2. This encompasses the following counties: Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, and Seneca.