Growing Our Power: Leveraging Federal Funding to Improve Access to Quality Green Jobs
September 25, 2024 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
The trillions of dollars in Biden’s signature legislative infrastructure packages represent a transformative opportunity for building equitable pipelines into quality green energy jobs. Across the Southwest, community and worker organizations and local elected officials are building climate resilient infrastructure while creating thousands of permanent, fair paying jobs for BIPOC and women. Now more than ever we must build programs that proactively address the current absence of equity. Attendees will learn about the role of philanthropy in resourcing mass outreach to marginalized communities and accessible green energy workforce training programs. We see a need for philanthropy to meet the moment with urgency, in order to seed models that ensure these federal funds are truly impactful and equitably implemented.