Learning, unlearning, and everything in between.
Practice justice-guided policy work in the clean energy industry, a training conversation.
Energy (in)Equity is a collaborative conversation that examines how the energy industry perpetuates systemic and racial injustice and what each participant can do to address injustices through individual and collective policy work. Together, we talk about historically uncomfortable topics, help participants understand how the industry got here, and what change for an equitable future can look like.
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Energy (in)Equity Series
Foundations
A 101 to the Energy (in)Equity series, introducing fundamental concepts about the energy industry, its history of exclusion and harmful policymaking, and what that means for the industry today.
Community Engagement
A deep dive into the do’s and don'ts with community engagement practices and hands-on workshopping for beginning community engagement plans.
Jemez Principles in Advocacy
Employ the Jemez Principles in a hands-on workshop of real-life case studies, spanning across different energy policy issue areas.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Organizations can reach out about curating an Energy (in)Equity training customized to the subjects and topics of their choice.
Break free, curate your own curriculum
Is your organization looking for a specialized training opportunity where you can apply lessons learned into actionable next steps? Is your organization grappling with specific questions regarding your clean energy work? Reach out to build your personalized training today.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Drawing from Common Spark’s own experiences, Energy (in)Equity offers practical ways of how we can begin to do our collective work differently. By applying a racial justice and equity lens to case studies, participants will begin to better see the sources and impacts of inequities in the energy system. Energy (in)Equity participants will gain resources and inspiration to lead through intentional action for a more equitable energy future.
The Energy (in)Equity training can serve as a starting point or a reminder to how we as individuals can learn and innovate together for a just, clean, and healthy future for all communities.
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This training is open to anyone who may be interested, but is particularly geared towards energy advocates and practitioners from any sector (e.g., nonprofit, utilities, and local and state government and agencies).
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Knowledge and competence of racial justice, racial equity, power dynamics, and inclusion is a prerequisite for all trainings.
All 201 courses have a highly encouraged pre-requisite of the 101 course.
Common Spark Consulting highly recommends at least the first and second of training offered by Race Forward as a baseline for this understanding.
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At this time, there are no public in-person trainings.
If your organization would like to curate a personalized training, we offer in-person options where logistically feasible. Curate a curriculum >
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In this training, participants will:
Practice using a racial justice lens to identify inequities and injustices in the energy industry
Examine real life examples of energy and environmental policymakers and advocates putting the Jemez Principles into action and how those actions support more equitable outcomes
Identify personal next steps and explore anticipated barriers and challenges to integrating equitable practices in your work
