2025 Highlights

Food Waste Diversion in Schools Webinar Recording On Thursday, March 5th, 2026, the Zero Waste Massachusetts coalition hosted the “Food Waste Diversion in Schools” Webinar. We were joined by 50 attendees who learned about how schools are addressing food waste in Massachusetts. We want to extend a big thank you to our panel of experts […]

On November 8th, we hosted the 2025 Georgia Organizing Summit alongside our partners in Panthersville, GA. We were joined by local community members, organizers, advocates, experts, and students who shared campaigns and organizing stories and networked through panels and workshops. We gathered over 50 local leaders at the New Life Community Center in Panthersville, Georgia. […]

On October 18th, we were excited to host the 2025 Baytown Organizing Summit alongside our partners. We were joined by local community members, organizers, advocates, experts, and students who shared campaigns and organizing stories and networked through panels and workshops. Over 40 local leaders gathered at the Baytown Community Center, just blocks away from one […]

It was exciting to host, along with our friends, the 2025 Corpus Christi Organizing Summit. We were joined by community organizers, advocates, experts, students and activists sharing campaigns and organizing stories around issues, and networked through panels and workshops. We gathered over 20 local leaders at the Antonio E. Garcia Center. The summit included community […]

Cyndie Roberson never expected to become an activist. She had recently retired with her husband to Cherokee County, North Carolina, when a new cryptocurrency mine was constructed just half a mile from her home. Suddenly, she and her neighbors were bombarded by unbearable levels of noise pollution. When winter rolled around, they suffered from rolling […]

It was exciting to host, along with our friends, the 2025 Environmental Organizing Summit. We were joined by community organizers, advocates, experts, students and activists sharing campaign and organizing stories around issues, and networked through panels and workshops. Group photo of attendees, awardees and presenters at Environmental Organizing Summit. Photo Credit: Adam Perri More than […]

For immediate release: Saturday, April 26, 2025 For more information:  Leigh-Anne Cole, Executive Director, leigh-anne@communityactionworks.org, 617-721-2858 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, markm@publicinterestnetwork.org, 303-573-5556 RELEASE: Boston fire fighter among environmental leaders honored at summit BOSTON – More than 60 local leaders from across four states gathered Saturday at the Community Action Works Environmental Organizing Summit to network, plan, and celebrate their campaign […]

ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHY TOMORROW  For Immediate Release   Mass. Legislature bans PFAS in firefighter protective gear  Contact:   Elizabeth Saunders, Clean Water Action, 978-201-6410 / esaunders@cleanwater.org  Deirdre Cummings, MASSPIRG, 978-201-6093, dcummings@masspirg.org  BOSTON, MA—On Monday the Massachusetts legislature enacted important legislation to protect firefighters from toxic PFAS chemicals.  An Act relative to the reduction of certain toxic chemicals in firefighter personal […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 18, 2024 For more information: Diane Turco, Cape Downwinders and Save Our Bay MA, (508) 776-3132, tturco@comcast.net  Mary Lampert, Pilgrim Watch and Save Our Bay MA, (781) 934-0389, mary.lampert@comcast.net Leigh-Anne Cole, Community Action Works, (617) 721-2858, leigh-anne@communityactionworks.org News release: MassDEP rejects Holtec’s request to dump 1 million gallons of radioactive […]