Post from Community: Webinar: Advocacy groups reveal new analysis on energy burden in Milwaukee finding major disparities & links to redlined areas | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Jess Haven
April 7, 2021
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Webinar: Advocacy Groups Reveal New Analysis on Energy Burden in Milwaukee Finding Major Disparities & Links to Redlined Areas
This online press event will reveal a new analysis on energy burden in Milwaukee, showing major disparities and links to redlined areas of the city. The event will feature an overview of the analysis, as well as speakers sharing their lived experiences, and local leaders advocating for attention on the issue of energy burden in Milwaukee for Black and Hispanic/Latinx households.
WHO:
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Dana Kelley, Health Equity Organizer – North Side Rising
Brendan Pierpont, Senior Electricity Sector Analyst, Expert – Sierra Club
César, South Side resident – Milwaukee
Lady T, South Side resident – Milwaukee
Marcelia Nicholson, Chairwoman and 5th District Supervisor – Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
WHAT: 30 minutes of speakers, 30 minutes of Q&A from press and public.
WHEN: Thursday, April 8 at 1:00pm CST.
WHERE: Online. To join the webinar, click the Zoom link below, enter the passcode, and then you will be joined: https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/99091624888?pwd=dWsvM3l5R0kyKzc0UlhNYldkM2FpQT09
Passcode: 023068
Meeting ID: 990 9162 4888