Repower America, along with the Hip Hop Caucus and a diverse coalition of partners is launching the Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour that will bring together leaders from the faith, business, and climate communities alongside entertainers and prominent figures from across the country.
The tour will kick off in New Orleans and roll through Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio and the District of Columbia for a variety of events including community rallies, roundtables on college campuses, tours of clean energy job sites and musical events. The Tour will amplify the voices of young people and communities of color fighting for a clean energy future.
Posted on February 25, 2010
“Give light and people will find the way.” This quote by Ella Baker, civil rights leader and youth activist, sums up the last day of the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour. Baker mentored young civil rights stalwarts like Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Rosa Parks and Bob Moses. Today, she would be proud as the new generation of activists rallied behind the need for clean energy jobs and their right to economic equality in our nation’s capital.
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Posted on February 23, 2010
The Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour stopped in Indiana on Monday, and over the course of the day the bus connected with people who covered almost every demographic of the clean energy movement.
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Posted on February 22, 2010
The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour continued through the rain to St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday morning. Spirits were high at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church where Reverend Lennox Yearwood and the rest of the team attended services with thousands of congregational members.
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Posted on February 21, 2010
Today, the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour landed in Columbia, Missouri at the 5th Street Christian Church for a neighborhood home efficiency canvass. Community leaders, Mizzou students and local volunteers distributed home efficiency kits and energy efficiency grant applications to members of the community.
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Posted on February 21, 2010
The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour said farewell to New Orleans Friday morning and 450 miles later was welcomed into Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas by a crowd of about 100 people.
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Posted on February 21, 2010
Great start to the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour. Rev. Yearwood, joined by D. Woods, Gloria Reuben, DJ Biz Markie, and community and student leaders, rallied with hundreds of students on Dillard University’s campus in a call for clean energy.
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Posted on February 20, 2010
We chatted about the Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus.
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Posted on February 18, 2010
By Gloria Reuben
Today, more people are talking about clean energy than ever before. On one level, we’re talking about technology like windmills, solar panels and advanced electric power grids. We all know that these are the technologies that can deliver safe, clean and affordable energy to our homes and businesses. But we must also go to a deeper level when we talk about clean energy. A human level.
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Posted on February 17, 2010
A message from Brendan Beattie, Repower Arkansas State Director
With the Hip Hop Caucus and a diverse coalition of other partners, Repower America is bringing the Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour to your city this week, holding two events in your area on Friday — featuring Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. and more.
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Posted on February 17, 2010
A message from Andy LaVigne, Repower Missouri State Director
With the Hip Hop Caucus and a diverse coalition of other partners, Repower America is bringing the Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour to your city this week, holding an event in your area on Saturday — featuring Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., DJ Biz Markie and more.
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