Solar one and newark office of sustainability are proposing the newark resilient solar initiative to support youth in building the environmental literacy, career readiness, and leadership skills…

Solar one and newark office of sustainability are proposing the newark resilient solar initiative to support youth in building the environmental literacy, career readiness, and leadership skills needed to be change agents in their communities. Youth participants will achieve this through education and work based learning that culminate in the installation of resilient solar systems, placed strategically in newark's most vulnerable communities, a process guided by community members, community-based organizational partners and environmental justice leaders. These systems will build community resilience to climate hazards by enabling newarkers to access electricity during a power outage. They are also a catalyst for community engagement events that use NOAA assets to build collective environmental literacy, emergency preparedness, and social cohesion in alignment with local resilience goals. The resilient solar initiative supports a coordinator position within the office of sustainability