POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Fueling the Revolution for Energy Justice
We will explore how community-driven planning efforts can be applied to ending corporate greed in non-renewable, toxic energy that poisons frontline communities and taking the power – both utility power and social power – back to the people where it belongs.
We will be joined by Denise Abdul Rahman of the NAACP Indiana:
Denise Abdul-Rahman is a staff member of the National NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Program (ECJP), as the Regional Field Organizer for the Midwest and Plain States and serves as the Environmental Climate Justice Chair of the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP. She employs the program’s three objectives: Reduce Harmful Emissions, Particularly Greenhouse Gases; Advance Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy; and Strengthen Community Resistance and Livability.
Pre-reading blurb and links:
Please set aside one hour to review Unleashing the Power of the People: Lessons on Public Engagement for Environmental and Climate Justice. This collection of case briefs profiles five NAACP units whose achievements in environmental and climate justice advocacy can be credited in large part due to their successful public engagement strategies. While the Our Communities Our Power Toolkit is available as a resource to participants, we do not expect anyone to review all 551 pages, however we invite you to take a peek at Module 9 on energy systems when you are able.
