Engaging with Congress on Climate Change Solutions

Nothing gives me more hope for the future than the enthusiasm of young people for climate action. Society’s ability to advance equitable climate solutions will be limited for as long as diversity goals go unmet.

YOU make possible everything we do at EESI to educate policymakers and help rural households access the multiple benefits of clean energy.

EESI emphasizes equity in our Congressional education, including by assembling panels that represent the diversity of the communities we highlight.

And we put equity at the heart of our work with rural utilities, including by joining forces with the NAACP to make solar energy more accessible and inclusive to communities of color.

We have a responsibility to do more, including by encouraging young people of color who care about the environment to lend their voices, perspectives, and experiences to climate policy-making.

EESI’s Board of Directors had a vision: a Future Climate Leaders Scholarship program to help students of color complete their studies and find their place in climate policy and advocacy. When we made our first award, our vision became a reality; with it came a realization of how much more we have to do.

I hope you will share my commitment and enthusiasm for the EESI Future Climate Leadership Scholarship. Thank you again. 

Links:

• EESI Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Statement
• Justice40 Briefing
• EESI Announces First Recipient of Future Climate Leaders Scholar