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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Though ecologically and culturally rich, the county ranks in the bottom eighth in California for per-capita income. ” We focused on growing leaders with the capacity to reimagine and redesign the places that influence our children, our neighborhoods, and schools.

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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. Although established in a more progressive era, when the public interest held more sway, microeconomic and market values have since come to dominate utility governance.

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