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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A regional backbone organization— Wild Rivers Community Foundation , an affiliate of Humboldt Area Foundation—was tapped to manage the initiative in partnership with community leaders and TCE program officers and staff. Infrastructure, expertise, and knowledge are necessary for growing community power.

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Movements Are Leading the Way: Reenvisioning and Redesigning Laws and Governance for a Just Energy Utility Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

Moreover, a significant proportion of utility governing boards comprises utility workers and frontline community members. Energy is increasingly managed as part of a broader commons, where resources and land are shared and mineral inputs to renewable energy and storage like lithium and cobalt are minimized. Johanna Bozuwa et al.,

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