2021 - 2022 Annual Report is now live!

Below is a message from our Co-Directors taken from the Annual Report found here:

This year marks a pivotal moment for the Tishman Center in our nearly twenty-year history. We are very excited to announce that in December 2021, the Center was awarded a catalytic, multi-year grant to strengthen our operational, research, and communications capacity by Waverley Street Foundation. Our increased capacity will help us better meet the needs of our campus community, our Ripe for Creative Disruption Fellows, and our collaborative, action-based research.

Over the past six months, we have worked hard to develop and implement a comprehensive growth strategy. Our staff has grown from six to twelve full-time employees contributing to all aspects of our work on campus and with communities. Our co-produced research continues to focus on the needs of the environmental justice movement. This past year, we partnered with organizations working towards equitable and just climate solutions. We released a comprehensive assessment of Cumulative Impacts policies at state and federal agencies. Our team has been particularly focused on President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’s Justice40 Initiative. On campus sustainability, we completed the New School’s second STARS evaluation to assess sustainability performance across our campus, receiving a silver rating.

Finally, we are most proud of the successful launch of the first cohort of the Ripe for Creative Disruption: An Environmental Movement Justice Fellowship partnering with fellows disrupting the status quo to lead justice and community-oriented climate solutions.