Author Archives: Tamara Shapiro

Tamara Shapiro is the coordinator of Movement Netlab. Previously she was one of the lead coordinators of Occupy Sandy, the most effective civilian-led relief effort in U.S. history, as well as Rockaway Wildfire and Worker Owned Rockaway Cooperatives that emerged from it. She was also a lead strategist and facilitator of the InterOccupy network and created and implemented a networked hub structure for The People's Climate March, the largest climate march in history. She also worked for several years at The Murphy Institute for Labor Studies and was the first director of J Street U. In addition to Movement Netlab, she is currently the Director of Programs of the New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives.
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5 Years Later, Have We Learned from Superstorm Sandy?

by Lindsay Meiman and Tamara Shapiro

For many, Superstorm Sandy was a wake-up call on the dangers of human-driven climate change and the disparate impact of its effects. On Sandy’s fifth anniversary, we discuss whether the lessons have been learned Story Transcript AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. It’s the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, one of the […]