Green Equity Toolkit Webinar

Green Equity Toolkit Webinar November 18, 2009 10:00 – 11:00 AM Pacific Presented by: This is an audio and visual presentation. Join us on the phone: U.S. & Canada: 866.740.1260 Toll: 303.248.0285 Access Code: 6533415 This call will be recorded and made available on racewire.org.

Questions You can submit questions via chat and we’ll answer as many as we can during the Q&A period at the end of presentation. Do not use ‘raise hand’ button.

Green Equity Toolkit Webinar Overview Toolkit Context & Overview Terry Keleher, ARC [email_address] Equity Strategies Yvonne Liu, ARC [email_address] Case Study Elsa Barboza, SCOPE [email_address] Questions & Answers via chat.

An expanded and equitable green economy can: • positively transform all our communities, • sustain our whole environment, and • lift the quality of all our lives. But only if race, gender and economic equity are explicit goals of green development.

The Huge Potential of Green Jobs
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act: $200 billion for program areas that generate green jobs.
$5 billion invested in energy efficiency and renewable energy could create 5 million jobs.
Public spending on green initiatives can create 20% more jobs than traditional economic stimulus.

Green Gone Gray • Race & Gender Inequities: White men dominate jobs in all green sectors and sectors most job creation is expected. (White men: 80.7% of energy jobs. Women: only 1.5% of energy efficiency jobs.) • Low-quality jobs: “green” jobs can be low paying and no more likely to be unionized or have safe working conditions. (Green manufacturing jobs pay 60% less than auto sector.)

Framing Green Jobs Expansively • Green applies to the natural and built environment. It includes people and communities. • Ecosystems are all-inclusive and interconnected. Any part left behind affects the whole. • The concept of “green” is holistic and humane. “ Eco -friendly is people -friendly.”

Framing Green Jobs Equitably • Green development must strive to evenly distribute opportunities, benefits and safeguards. • Disadvantaged communities should be first in line to reap the benefits of the green economy.

Green Jobs Defined Green-Collar Jobs are “well-paid, career track jobs that contribute directly to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. --Green For All

Equity Principles
Equal Opportunity & Fair Treatment
Excellence & Efficacy
Health & Wellness
Human Rights and Workers’ Rights
Sustainability & Security
Transparency & Accountability

Equity Outcomes
1. Transparent and participatory planning
Equitable distribution of high quality jobs
Expanded employee-sponsored benefits
Elimination of employment barriers and bias
Race and gender parity goals in contracting
Green entrepreneurship opportunities
7. Healthy and safe workplaces
8. Local hiring and contracting
Expanded workforce development

Success Indicators: Examples Number and percentage of women and people of color… • employed in high-quality new green jobs; compared to their percentage in local area • holding senior/supervisory level positions • hired locally and owning local businesses awarded contracts

Suggestions for Using Toolkit
Create a broad-based community alliance.
Ask public officials to adopt equity principles, participatory process, full data collection.
Support proposals with explicit gender and race equity outcomes, using equity strategies.
Actively monitor and evaluate programs, using suggested indicators and data sources.

Equity Strategies & Examples

Equity Handles

Three Equity Examples

Green Job Training

Green Social Entrepreneurship

Los Angeles Case Study Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)

Questions & Answers You can submit questions via chat.

Further Information Green Equity Toolkit: arc.org/greenjobs Applied Research Center: arc.org SCOPE: scopela.org Terry Keleher tkeleher@arc.org Yvonne Liu yliu@arc.org Elsa Barboza ebarboza@scopela.org

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