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#TogetherWeProsper
With the rise of cases of COVID-19 in metropolitan Atlanta, the Partnership for Southern Equity has decided to serve the equity ecosystem remotely and close our offices until 9:00 a.m. on Monday, April 6, 2020. We will follow the interim guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare and prevent the spread of the illness in our respective communities, and in the local and regional communities in which we serve. As you already know, COVID-19 has exposed many inequities in our healthcare system and civil society...( read more) |
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#HealthEquityTraining
On February 22, the Just Health Team held a Health Equity Training for community residents and leaders within the health space. The purpose of this training was to enhance health equity knowledge and understanding, increase the capacity to convey health equity information, and to encourage ongoing community building through a health equity lens. For more information about upcoming training, stay tuned to Just Health's webpage.
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#JES2020
Save the date for Just Energy Summit 2020! The Just Energy team is hard at work piecing together the preliminary plans for our flagship gathering. The summit will be held on October 1-3, 2020 in Savannah, Georgia at the Savannah Convention Center. Stay tuned for more information regarding this event.
For information regarding sponsorships, please email Michelle Long at mlong@psequity.org. |
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In the spring of 2019, the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) launched The Keep That Same Energy Youth Initiative (KTSE). We are excited to finally share with you the great work we will be doing with youth in Atlanta and the American South.
KTSE invites students to learn and engage in a call to action for energy equity for all. This initiative seeks to inspire and train leaders who will create systems in which all people can thrive and gain access to the same energy opportunities. By engaging in campus/youth group-based initiatives and programming, the KTSE will position its participants to become part of a network of leaders for equity. PSE aspires to create a space in which future organizers, fellows, and ambassadors can be activated, as well as become the collective voice for young people and racial equity in the American South.
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We've added a new section to our blog that we're calling Nathaniel Speaks, which will allow you to keep up with our founder and CEqO on his upcoming speaking engagements around the country*.
* Due to COVID-19 restrictions, these events are subject to change.
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#ATLCounts
The United States Census of 2020, will be the 24th United States Census. The census provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers, and many others use to provide daily services, products, and support for you and your community. Every year, more than $675 billion in federal funding go to hospitals, fire departments, schools, roads, and other resources based on census data. PSE supports the City of Atlanta's #ATLCounts initiative to ensure everyone is counted, which ensures a more equitable division of funding and representation in our communities.
#VoterRegistration
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- On February 23, Just Energy Student Organizer Michael MacMiller, Jr., Just Energy Director Chandra Farley, and Just Energy Manager Eriqah Vincent presented at the Second Nature HigherEd Climate Summit Student Workshop: “Expanding Representation and Inclusion in
 Sustainability Careers”, where they discussed the Partnership for Southern Equity in their content, highlighting racial equity and the important part our Black-led organization plays in that sphere for Atlanta and the American South.
- On February 24, Just Energy Manager Eriqah Vincent, spoke at the Second Nature HigherEd Climate Summit “Social Equity Breakfast: Is Sustainability Equitable? This discussion was about gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the sustainability field.”
 The first session for this year's Just Energy Academy (JEA) was held on February 22, 2020! Twenty individuals from Summerhill to Kirkwood, Saint Simons to Savannah, Mississippi and Alabama will begin their Just Energy leadership journey grounded in civil rights legacy at the MLK Recreation Center. - On March 26, Just Energy Coastal Organizer Dr. Mildred McClain will present 100% Clean energy resolution to the Savannah City Council, which is expected to pass.
- On April 14, Just Energy Circle members will speak at the 2020 Southeastern Regional Environmental Justice Conference at Emory University! It’s free and you can register here.
- The second session for this year's Just Energy Academy (JEA) will be held on March 14, 2020*!
- The next Just Energy Summit Planning meeting will be held on Friday, March 13, 2020, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., via Zoom. Please contact Just Energy Manager Eriqah Vincent for call details.
- The next Just Energy Circle meeting will be held on Friday, March 20, 2020, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., via Zoom. Please contact Just Energy Manager Eriqah Vincent for call details.
#JustGrowth
- The Just Growth team led a workshop with Georgia Tech’s Epic Intentions group and data experts to continue collaboration around an Equitable Development Implementation Tool.
 The Just Growth Circle met on Valentine’s Day at Haugabrooks, where Chenee Joseph of the Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC) led a Project Clinic about the Equitable Green Impact Zone that HDDC and PSE are leading in partnership. The Circle also reflected on a compelling podcast series by Gimlet Media. Listen here: Part I and Part II. - PSE staff met with the City of East Point's staff and leadership to kick-off PSE's contract to develop an Equity Strategic Plan for the City. In light of two recent development moratoria recently enacted by the City Council, PSE is leading community engagement efforts throughout March specifically designed to understand East Point residents' needs and desires pertaining to industrial development*.
- The next Just Growth Circle meeting will be held on April 17, 2020, location TBD*.
#JustHealth
- The next Just Health Circle meeting will be held on March 23, 2020, from 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. at the Partnership for Southern Equity offices, 55 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., Suite 530, Atlanta, GA 30308*.
#JustOpportunity
 On February 26, Just Opportunity Team hosted the initial meeting of the Atlanta workgroup for the JP Morgan-Chase, Next Street and Common Futures small business ecosystem analysis. PSE will be serving as a local project lead and will be convening this group over the next several months to provide research guidance on small business needs and how to improve the state of play for these businesses in the Atlanta marketplace.- The Just Opportunity team is the local co-lead on a national study commissioned by JP Morgan Global Fund on Atlanta's small business ecosystem, along with New York and Los Angeles. They will be gleaning lessons from small businesses particularly those at the margins of the eco-system who can't access resources, as well as the incubators, aggregators, and accelerator organizations that support them. The final report will be published this summer.
- On March 30 and April 6*, the Just Opportunity team will host community education workshops on how tax incentives work. This is part of a larger public education campaign to promote transparency in the use of property tax incentives for developers and businesses in metro Atlanta.
* Due to COVID-19 restrictions, these events are subject to change.
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