
Leadership in Energy Equity & Climate Justice
Modeled after PSE’s current community leadership development programs focused on racial equity and equitable development, JEA is a seven-month leadership development program created to educate the next generation of equity leaders who aspire to be energy equity and climate justice leaders in their communities.
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As a community advocate involved in advancing energy equity in formal and informal leadership positions, this program was designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively engage stakeholders regarding community concerns and policies that impact your communities; in particular, energy equity and climate justice issues.
At the conclusion of this seven-month training, participants will be able to fully engage in dialogue about racial equity, energy equity, climate justice and energy policies that impact your communities. Also, you will have the tools needed to facilitate and mediate difficult and complex conversations with your neighbors about these and other issues. Finally, you will have developed a group identity and support structure as you go forth to address critical energy, climate and equity issues.
About JEA
Academy Structure and Objectives
Training Audience
Community members currently involved in or interested in advancing equity in the community in formal and informal leadership positions.
Purpose
Provide knowledge, leadership skills, and tools for participants to effectively engage stakeholders and community member regarding energy equity, racial equity, climate justice and energy policies that impact their communities.
Core Curriculum
Energy Equity, Community Engagement, and Racial Equity.
Course objectives:
By the end of this training, participants who complete the training will be able to:

2021 Speakers
(Subject to change)
Featured Guests

Lindsay Harper
Executive Director
GA Women’s Action for New Direction
Graduation Keynote

Nathaniel Smith
Chief Equity Officer
Partnership for Southern Equity

Dr. Cedric Ogden
Extension Engineer and Specialist/Assistant Professor
Fort Valley State University

Marvin Crafter
Environmental Justice Activist
Former City Councilman
City of Fort Valley

Jennette Gayer
State Director
Environment Georgia

Marquese Averette
Clean Energy Organizing Representative
Sierra Club Georgia Chapter

Matt Cox
Founder and CEO
Greenlink

Stacy Shelton
Associate Attorney
Southern Environmental Law Center

Dr. Mildred McClain
Director, Environmental Justice Pioneer
Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice
Coastal Georgia Organizer
Partnership for Southern Equity

Liza Garza
Facilitator and Cultural Organizer
Alternate Roots

Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks
Board Chair-person
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA)
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Health Sciences, Spelman College
Alumni Resources
Session 2
Leadership for Racial Equity
Session 3
Energy Equity, Environmental & Climate Justice
Session 4
Energy Policy 101 & Energy Planning Roadmap
Read
Executive Summary- Georgia Power’s Integrated Resources Plan
Session 5
Looking Ahead: 100% Renewable & Equitable Energy
Read
Cities Are Making Big Climate Promises. Keeping Them Can Be Tough
Atlanta 100% Clean Energy Plan
- Executive Summary (pages 6-9)
- Section 6 (Equity portion)
Session 6
Organizing for Opportunity:
Advocacy & Community Organizing
Read
EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (Chapter’s 1-4)
Session 7
Read
TBD
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JEA 2021 Cohort
Our third class of energy equity leaders continues to make positive change throughout the South and beyond.


Azania Heyward-James
Community Project:

Danni Dong
Community Project:

Everette Dodson
Community Project:

Beth M. Graham
Community Project:

Samantha MacDonald
Community Project:

Kyle G. Crider
Community Project:

Brandon Sinnot
Community Project:

Mayukh Datta
Community Project:

Thông Phan
Community Project:

Tawana Smith Mattox, Ed.D.
Community Project:

Justin "MasterPeace" Nickelson
Community Project:

Calonda Boyd
Community Project:

Phyllis Richardson
Community Project:

Aleyna Cirig-Beebe
Community Project:

Jaketa Lucas
Community Project:

Eboni Preston
Community Project:

Alyssa Cleveland
Community Project:

Cami Sockow
Community Project:

Nicholas Bamonte
Community Project:

Carnell Tate
Community Project:

Maddy Frey
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