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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. The Challenge of Change in a Rural Community When Building Healthy Communities launched in 2009, we knew it would be a challenge to improve the social determinants of health.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Energy and utility justice movements aren’t just imagining versions of this future but also are actively working to build them; yet the formidable power structures of the electric and gas utility system often stand in the way. We can lead with justice toward a climate-resilient system that values everyone.

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