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Forum to Discuss Energy Production Impact on Low Income Areas, Communities of Color
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A forum titled "Equity Matters" scheduled for June 10, 2013, will bring together seven non-profit organizations including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy to discuss how low-income communities and communities of color are impacted by energy production. The coalition aims to increase community engagement in Georgia's electricity planning process, where these communities are currently underrepresented.
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Forum to Discuss Energy Production Impact on Low Income Areas, Communities of Color
Posted by Leslie Johnson (Editor), June 5, 2013 at 08:09 pm
The public is invited to a forum, "Equity Matters" on Monday, June 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fulton Atlanta Community Action Agency, 341 Kelly St. SE.
Seven non-profit entities have created an energy equity coalition "to increase community engagement in the discussion of how low-income communities and communities of color are impacted by the burden of and benefits of energy production," according to the release, which also states:
Low-income communities and communities of color are more
from energy efficiency and employment programs that help lower bills. Unfortunately, these communities are under-represented in Georgia's electricity planning process.
The non-profits are: Partnership for Southern Equity; Fulton-Atlanta Community Action Authority; Southern Alliance for Clean Energy; GreenLaw; Georgia Watch; Center for Sustainable Communities and Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc., according to the release.