Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’
2020 Just Energy Summit
Out of an abundance of caution and care for the needs and wants of our community, the 2020 Just Energy Summit (JES2020) is going virtual! To accommodate the virtual format, the new dates are September 28-October 2. Summit programming will include virtual workshops, arts and culture showcases, and smaller unstructured “un-conference” sessions. Ideas are also…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund Update
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen the hurt and pain it has caused to our most vulnerable communities due to the lingering effects of systemic racism Many have lost jobs. The national unemployment rate for African Americans, Hispanic and other communities of color has jumped to 15 percent. On top of that, many…
Read MoreHealth Equity: Economic Inequity-The Urgency of Closing the Gap
Please join us for the 3rd installment of the Health Equity: The Urgency of Now webinar series: Economic Inequity–The Urgency of Closing the Gap. This will take place on August 27, 2020, from 10 am – 12 pm. In collaboration with Partnership for Southern Equity, this session will focus on existing economic inequity in metro…
Read More[UPDATE 3] Caring for our communities and our team…
With the persistence of COVID-19 cases in metropolitan Atlanta, conflicting responses to preventative measures, cancellation of events, and the advisement to limit contact, the Partnership for Southern Equity’s (PSE) senior leadership team have decided to serve the equity ecosystem remotely and close our offices until 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 (updated). We will assess a possible extension of our…
Read MoreThe State of Race: Special Town Hall
Police brutality, COVID-19 – racism is a virus! Enough is enough. Our community is angry and looking for answers. Where do we go from here? Join Nathaniel Smith and others for a special town hall on WSB-TV tonight at 8 p.m. to find out. #TogetherWeWin #TogegtherWeProsper
Read MorePSE Releases $150,000 COVID-19 Fund to Support Frontline Organizations
Dear PSE Community, We would like to announce to our Equity Circles, partners, and civic village that we are releasing applications for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Relief Fund. The application deadline is June 8, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. EST. As a part of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund from the United Way of Greater…
Read More[UPDATE] “The South Has Something to Say”: Continuing the Conversation about COVID-19 and our Chance for Transformation in the South
After the publication of their recent in op-ed in Nonprofit Quarterly, Nathaniel Smith of the Partnership for Southern Equity, Tamieka Mosely of Grantmakers for Southern Progress and a few of their colleagues will continue the conversation about COVID-19 and the chance to transform the South in a webinar on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, from 12…
Read MoreThe South Has Something to Say: COVID-19 and Our Chance for Transformation
Op-ed published in Nonprofit Quarterly, May 4, 2020 While the country grapples with an uncertain future, given COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on African Americans in the US South—who are suffering far more severely than their white counterparts—we invite you to look to our past to find answers for our future. Let’s begin in 1995,…
Read MoreIn Coronavirus Crisis, PSE and 574 Groups Urge Halt to Electricity, Water Shutoffs
WASHINGTON (MARCH 19, 2020) – More than 575 utility justice, labor, faith, consumer and environmental groups urged state governors, mayors and utility regulators today to put a moratorium on electricity and water-utility shutoffs in response to the coronavirus crisis and resulting job losses. Today’s letter also called for deeper policy changes that deploy distributed solar…
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