Posts Tagged ‘equity’
Keep that Same Energy Summer Southeast Youth Chat and Chews
The Keep That Same Energy (KTSE) Youth Initiative invites young people to learn, engage and lead a call to action for Just Energy for all. This initiative seeks to inspire and train leaders who will create opportunities in which all people can thrive in regenerative and equitable communities. In the summer of 2020, KTSE is…
Read MoreKeep that Same Energy Summer Southeast Youth Chat and Chews
The Keep That Same Energy (KTSE) Youth Initiative invites young people to learn, engage and lead a call to action for Just Energy for all. This initiative seeks to inspire and train leaders who will create opportunities in which all people can thrive in regenerative and equitable communities. In the summer of 2020, KTSE is…
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 MoreKeep that Same Energy Summer Southeast Youth Chat and Chews
The Keep That Same Energy (KTSE) Youth Initiative invites young people to learn, engage and lead a call to action for Just Energy for all. This initiative seeks to inspire and train leaders who will create opportunities in which all people can thrive in regenerative and equitable communities. In the summer of 2020, KTSE is…
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 MoreNathaniel Smith Speaking @ Southface’s “Development Without Displacement”
Thriving communities are often fabrics composed of various heritage communities, evolving development and the infrastructure to support them. Development pressure in Atlanta is threatening these heritage communities, affordable housing and the cultural character within them. Join Southface on May 1 to hear from some of Atlanta’s top commentators on ways to implement healthy development without…
Read MoreEarth Day Town Hall
The Partnership for Southern Equity does NOT endorse any political candidate. Our candidate is equity. Earth Day Town Hall: The Link Between Climate Change and Pandemics Posted by Teresa Tomlinson on Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Read MoreCoal Ash Virtual Town Hall
#Remember there’s an election on 6/9/20 & use your absentee ballot! 2 seats are up for election on @GeorgiaPSC. Our candidate is equity! Join us for a Coal Ash Virtual Townhall on April 22 at 6p https://facebook.com/newenergyguy/live w/ candidates @NewEnergyGuy & @BryantforGaPSC. Posts ≠ endorsements. Coal Ash Virtual Town Hall Join Public Service Commission Candidates John…
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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