1 person is attending
When
Thursday, August 29, 2024
2:30 p.m.– 3:30 p.m. EDT
Contact
Amanda Robert
This month, MiCAN will be joined by the Soulardarity for our August 2024 edition of the Community Voices Series.
The Community Voices Series is a virtual convening drawing diverse participants from the network to amplify local climate work, connect members and groups, and support each other's actions. MiCAN rotates the content and geographical area of focus to allow the audience to learn from and mimic other Michigan communities' successful contributions to our collective climate movement.
Soulardarity is Energy Democracy in action. Based in Highland Park MI, they fight to make sure that the voices of those most affected by energy burden are heard.
They are part of a community that was literally put in the dark when DTE repossessed over 1400 residential streetlights. Their initial mission was to replace those streetlights with community solar powered streetlights. As they began to work towards that goal, they realized how the accessibility to reliable energy in BIPOC and marginalized communities has been controlled by big monopolies.
Although they are still in the fight to relight Highland Park, they have taken up the fight for Energy Democracy and Energy Justice for all communities.