Access relevant resources from Community Voices in Energy that will help you understand your rights, fight for justice, and have a voice in the energy transition.
In this intro to our first series, ‘Ethical Storytelling 101’, Rachel Goble and Heidi Burkey share why they started this podcast, what ethical storytelling means to them, and what you can expect from our first series.
The principles are informed by VOW’s more than fourteen years of experience conducting ethics-driven oral history storytelling and centering the voices of people impacted by—and fighting against—injustice.
Ethical Storytelling is a movement by and for social-impact professionals. It provides a platform to wrestle with the ethical questions involved in storytelling and provide resources and support for answering those questions.
A blog post from Energy Efficiency for All and the Natural Resource Defense Council, describes the power of public utility commissions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A tool created by the Urban Energy Justice Lab, visualizes investor-owned electric utilities’ investments into energy efficiency programs for low-income customers.
A tool for comprehensively measuring and advancing energy equity among utilities, state regulatory agencies, and other practitioners, while engaging and centering BIPOC and frontline communities.
Provides perspectives on advancing equity in electric utility regulation and makes recommendations related to stakeholder engagement, electricity infrastructure siting, evaluation metrics, etc.
A report from the Chisholm Legacy Project, demystifies state Public Utilities Commissions to ensure that people who make decisions about air and water quality, the affordability of energy, and practices that contribute to climate change represent the communities most impacted.
The Energy Equity Project is a collaborative initiative housed at University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability and is part of the Urban Energy Justice Lab.
The Chisholm Legacy Project connects Black communities on the frontlines of climate justice with resources to take action and move from vision to strategy to action plan to implementation.
A national nonprofit network working to develop energy, green infrastructure and other projects that create sustainable, just, and inclusive economies with opportunities for all.
An environmental economic development nonprofit based in Chicago that advances self-sustaining Black communities by offering whole-system solutions.
A non-profit consulting group that offers expert services in the areas of energy, environment, consumer protection, and equity and provides on-the-job training to the next generation of technical experts.
A 40-acre eco-campus in the historic Black farming community of Pembroke Township, Illinois that empowers people with knowledge and skills to build self-reliant, resilient communities.
A woman-led nonprofit with a mission to make climate science and clean energy understandable and actionable for everyone.
A community of over 3,700 climate advocates, organizers, researchers, and data specialists helping climate advocates run smarter public engagement campaigns.
A think tank at Brown University informing a more just, equitable, and effective global climate change policy.
A collaboration of more than 30 diverse, local, frontline organizations working to advance the energy democracy movement in the U.S.
Energy Efficiency for All unites people from diverse sectors and backgrounds, to collectively make multifamily homes healthy and affordable through energy and water efficiency.
The Midwest’s leading environmental legal advocacy organization; we drive transformational policy changes with national impacts.
The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition is made up of hundreds of organizations working to improve public health and the environment, protect consumers, and create equitable, clean jobs across the state.
Initiative for Energy Justice aims to offer concrete energy policy solutions focused on equity, in order to advance a Just Transition and build power for marginalized communities, particularly frontline communities and communities of color.
The Just Solar Coalition supports a transition to a green economy that includes everyone, helps to close the employment gap, and creates a new story about the community’s role in the energy system.
A nonprofit that is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice; it advocates, agitates, and litigates for the civil rights due to Black America.
A nonprofit that advances policies and institutional actions that promote racial equity and shared prosperity in metropolitan Atlanta and the American South.
Soulardarity is building a brighter future in Highland Park, Illinois through education, organizing, and people-powered clean energy.
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.
A nonprofit that empowers and organizes low-income, people of color to build healthy communities for all.
