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A community organization serving Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. UPROSE promotes sustainability and resiliency through community organizing, education, Indigenous and youth leadership development, and cultural and artistic expression. Its work includes environmental health and resiliency, community planning, just transition training, and energy democracy. Programs and initiatives address the GRID 2.0 Plan, the Sunset Park Greenway Plan, small business resiliency, transportation justice, community-owned solar, solar expansion, and offshore wind advocacy. UPROSE also conducts research, supports sustainable practices, and collaborates with communities on local development solutions. Learning circles and advocacy efforts engage residents around climate justice and the unequal effects of climate change on underserved communities. The organization describes itself as intergenerational, multiracial, and nationally recognized.