Nonprofit
SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC
Mission
Sixth Street Community Center is a community-based not-for-profit organization founded in 1978 and committed to advancing social, environmental, housing, economic and racial justice in the East Village and Lower East Side community. We believe that people of all backgrounds and incomes in New York City have the right to a safe, clean, and healthy environment and have their basic needs met with dignity and respect
About Us
Our mission is as follows:
- Engage Youth, Teens and Young Adults around the root causes of the climate crisis and solutions, equitable urban living, sustainable urban agriculture and climate justice action empowering them to become active and responsive climate leaders.
- Engage our multi-racial and multi-generational community through grassroots organizing on critical environmental justice campaigns. We strategize and advocate for community led solutions that address the root causes of the climate crisis.
- Expand food access and affordability of fresh, organic, locally farmed foods to neighborhood families and promote sustainable food systems through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program, Urban Farming/Food Sovereignty Workshops, Free Food
- Distribution, on-site Community Fridge and Mutual Aid Cooking Project.
- Provide emergency services and act as an emergency hub in response to community crises around extreme weather, food shortages and economic insecurity.
Cause Areas Include
- Arts & Music
- Community Development
- Education
- Environment & Sustainability
- Volunteering
Location & Contact
- (212) 677-1863
- 638 EAST 6TH STREET, NEW YORK, New York, US
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