Location: [Birmingham, Alabama]
Organization: [SWEET Alabama]
Reports To: [Co-Executive Directors]
Supervises: [N/A]
Wages: [$15/hr, non-negotiable]
Time Frame:
[Average 10 hours per week, for 16 weeks – July 11th through October 28th]
The Green Economies Youth Fellowship is a 16-week paid fellowship which will train five youth Fellows in peer-to-peer organizing, political education around climate and environmental justice, and vocational skills to energy retrofit housing in Birmingham, Alabama. We encourage residents who have an interest in construction trades and community organizing to apply. The majority of the fellows' time will include learning the vocational skills necessary to retrofit housing in order to increase home energy efficiency, and decrease residential energy bills. While the hours are flexible, fellows should expect to occasionally work during the week and on the weekends.
Founded in December 2017, SWEET Alabama is a 501(c)3 nonprofit “just transition” organization focusing on democratic economies and energy independence within Birmingham and the beautiful state of Alabama. We are connecting people to resources to achieve these goals. This transition will be supported by popular education in cooperative economics and sustainable uses of energy, land, and water.
We are connecting communities to resources for energy efficiency, sustainability, and affordable homes.
We are a "just transition" organization focusing on democratic economies and energy independence within Birmingham and the beautiful state of Alabama. We are connecting people to resources to achieve these goals. This transition will be supported by popular education in cooperative economics and sustainable uses of energy, land, and water.
SWEET Alabama is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, veteran status, immigrants or refugees, economic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or marital status. Black, Indigenous, and people of color; women; LGBTQ+ people; working class residents, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply.