Facing Race: A National Conference in St. Louis, MO — November 20-22, 2024

Emily Kirsch

Emily Kirsch is the Co-Founder and Director of the Solar for Universal Need Cube (SfunCube). The SfunCube is a solar business incubator and accelerator partnership between Sungevity, one of the fastest growing residential solar companies in the country, and Inner City Advisors, a nationally recognized nonprofit leading the charge to create good jobs for inner city residents. The goal of the SfunCube is to make Oakland the nation's epicenter for solar and clean-tech entrepreneurship.

Presentations from Facing Race 2012

Energy Democracy for All

The green economy hasn't delivered on its promise, so far, to recreate a manufacturing base to employ workers of color. And, the economic downturn is unrelenting: millions of people of color are still out of work and the wealth gap is increasing. Communities across the nation are generating solutions to the economic crises by creating community-owned and operated renewable energy solutions. Learn from community leaders from the Navajo Nation to Baltimore about how this community-scale solution may be the answer, to be replicated.

Speakers: Shannon Bade, Anthony Giancatarino, Emily Kirsch