Sixth Street Community Center Inc

DESCRIPTION:THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO THE SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. THE RECIPIENT AND ITS PROJECT PARTNERS WILL EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE TO MAKE DATA-BACKED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A HEALTHIER, MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. THROUGH HOSTING 8-10 PUBLIC WORKSHOPS FOR COMMUNITY LEARNING ON LOCAL CLIMATE IMPACTS, AIR QUALITY MONITORING, FLOOD SENSING, AND DATA ANALYSIS, THE GRANTEE WILL IDENTIFY FOUR OR MORE ENGAGED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERGO TRAINING AS COMMUNITY FACILITATORS. THESE COMMUNITY FACILITATORS WILL ASSIST WITH FUTURE WORKSHOPS AND CULTIVATE MORE LOCAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR FUTURE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, THE SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INTENDS TO INSTALL AIR QUALITY MONITORS AND FLOOD SENSORS IN MULTIPLE LOCAL SITES. ACTIVITIES:THE ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED INCLUDE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY LEARNING ON LOCAL CLIMATE IMPACTS, AIR QUALITY MONITORING, FLOOD SENSING, AND DATA ANALYSIS. THESE WORKSHOPS WILL ALSO EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUPPORT LOCAL RESILIENCY EFFORTS THROUGH THE SELECTION OF HIGHLY ENGAGED WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS TO SERVE AS COMMUNITY FACILITATORS, WHO WILL BE OFFERED A STIPEND FOR FURTHER TRAINING IN WORKSHOP FACILITATION. THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSO INSTALL 1 STATIONARY AIR QUALITY (AQ) MONITOR AND 1 FLOOD SENSOR ON SITE AT SSCC, 1 STATIONARY AQ AND 1 FLOOD SENSOR AT EL JARDIN DEL PARAISO AND 1 STATIONARY AQ MONITOR AND 1 FLOOD SENSOR AT A SITE THAT THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIES THROUGH SSCC WORKSHOPS (SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY INPUT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN CHOOSING ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS FOR THE REMAINING FLOOD SENSOR AND AQ MONITORS). SUBRECIPIENT:SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER WILL ISSUE TWO SUBAWARDS UNDER THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PROJECT PARTNERS LES BREATHE AND EL JARDIN. SUBAWARD ACTIVITIES TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TRAINING SUPPORT. OUTCOMES:EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE THE ABILITY OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS TO VOCALIZE THE UNIQUE CLIMATE VULNERABILITY AND AIR QUALITY ISSUES OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) OF NYC, ACCESS AND INTERPRET PUBLIC DATA VIA OPENAQ AND FLOODNET, IDENTIFY TRENDS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FROM DATA SETS, AND USE A HANDHELD ATMOTUBE AIR QUALITY MONITOR. OUTCOMES ALSO INCLUDE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTED FROM AIR QUALITY MONITORS AND FLOOD SENSORS AS WELL AS AN INCREASE ADVOCACY CAPACITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN LES. DIRECT BENEFICIARIES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE RESIDENTS OF THE LES COMMUNITY.