Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition

Happy New Year Midwest BDCers, Friends and Supporters! We wish you a happy new year filled with joy, happiness, peace and abundance. We look forward to seeing you in our coalition space to advance equitable building decarbonization. We have officially 25 years to meet our goal. #BuildingDecarbonization #HappyNewYear #MidwestBDC #EquitableSolutions #SustainableFuture #GreenBuilding #ClimateAction #CommunitySupport #CleanEnergy #CoalitionForChange

Don't forget to apply! Join the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition Board of Directors! -Applications due- Friday, Jan 3, 2025. Application Process: Submit your application materials on or before Friday, January 3, 2025 Board Interviews- week of January 6, 2025, and January 13, 2025 Annual Meeting, Friday, January 31, 2025- 10a.m.-1p.m. EST via zoom Actual Application: https://lnkd.in/gCYKQ7uF #MidwestDecarbonization #BuildingBoard #SustainabilityLeadership #DecarbonizationCoalition #BoardOfDirectors #EnvironmentalLeadership #GreenBuilding #SustainableFuture #JoinUs #ClimateAction

Midwest BDC celebrates Kwanzaa (/ˈkwɑːnzə/) which is an annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day.[1] It was created by activist Maulana Karenga, based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of West, East, as well as Southeast Africa. Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966. Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the principles, as follows:[18] 1. Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. 2. Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves. 3. Ujima (Collective work and responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together. 4. Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. 5. Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. 6. Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. 7. Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Midwest BDC respects all religions and cultures. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying Greek armies. The festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and spirituality over materiality. Read on to learn more about the history of Hanukkah. When Is Hanukkah? In 2024, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Wednesday, December 25, and continues through Thursday, January 2, 2025. The first candle is lit on the Chanukiah (menorah) on the first night of Hanukkah.

Happy Holidays to you all! Christmas is a time practice gratitude and appreciation for people we have in our lives. The spirit of Christmas is about family, friends, happiness, joy, kindness and being mindful of our role in society. We thank you and grateful for you all. #ChristmasSpirit #HappyHolidays #Gratitude #FamilyTime #JoyfulMoments #KindnessMatters #MindfulLiving #CelebrateTogether #HolidayAppreciation

Midwest BDC- Meet our 24'-25'- Empowerment Grant Recipient-EMEAC To lift up the work of the 2024 - 2025 Empowerment Grant recipients. Montre Moore, Midwest BDC’s Membership and Engagement Director, will lead these brief (30-minute) interviews to highlight your work and your plans for the Empowerment Grant funding

⛄❄️🌨️ Seasons Greetings! The Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition will be closed December 20, 2024, to January 6, 2025. We look forward to seeing you in the new year. Be safe and Happy Holidays.

Welcome to Team Stephanie Bowman! Stephanie will be here to support Midwest BDC as our new Communications Associate. Stephanie has been very helpful to supporting our training program and our annual Equity Summit. Stephanie was the extraordinary Manager of Movements and Campaigns with Mothers Out Front. Before joining Mothers Out Front, Stephanie was a battleground state grasshopper for various gubernatorial, congressional, issue-based, NGO, and presidential campaigns. From age 14, she knew life in Environmental Justice was inevitable from growing/delivering freshly picked vegetables to neighbors’ doors, canvassing with AFSCME, and protesting a predatory utility company. Stephanie #CommunicationsAssociate #TeamAnnouncement #MidwestBDC #EquitySummit #EnvironmentalJustice received a BA in Political Science from Hampton University, and she began organizing from Virginia, Wisconsin, to Kansas. Six states later she felt disgusted about the transactional treatment by party politics. Her first passion for national work and research led her to Cornell in Marketing Strategy to learn how to test ways to engage folks nationally using digital tactics. Her second passion is facilitating tough conversations around race and class and moving towards measurable change with equity and justice at the core. Stephanie Elizabeth Claire Bowman

☃️ ❄️ We Need Your Voice - Join the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition Board of Directors! Deadline Extended. Happy December to you. I want to reach out to you because the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition is seeking to expand our board of directors. It is a pivotal time in our coalition efforts in the Midwestern states. It is a pivotal time to focus on local advocacy and strategic planning. In 2025, we will engage in our strategic planning process in hopes to create ways to navigate what may be challenging times ahead. We know the Midwestern states will continue to have the highest energy burden, highest energy rates, and highest energy insecurity. We hope that you consider the invitation. Please see the application materials below: 1. Fill out the Midwest BDC Board of Directors Application 2. Provide your resume. You may upload your resume in the application document or forward to jackson@midwestdecarb.org 3. Provide a 5-minute video that includes answering the three questions: Why do you want to be a member of Midwest BDC Board of Directors? What concrete skills and personality type attributes do you possess? What is one-thing you would like to see Midwest BDC accomplish in 2025? Submit your application materials on or before December 9, 2024 Board Interviews- week of January 6, 2025, and January 13, 2025 Annual Meeting, Friday, January 31, 2025- 10a.m.-1p.m. EST via zoom If you have any questions, please contact jackson@midwestdecarb.org. Have a wonderful day 😀

We Need Your Voice - Join the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition Board of Directors! Happy December to you. I want to reach out to you because the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition is seeking to expand our board of directors. It is a pivotal time in our coalition efforts in the Midwestern states. It is a pivotal time to focus on local advocacy and strategic planning. In 2025, we will engage in our strategic planning process in hopes to create ways to navigate what may be challenging times ahead. We know the Midwestern states will continue to have the highest energy burden, highest energy rates, and highest energy insecurity. We hope that you consider the invitation. Please see the application materials below: 1. Fill out the Midwest BDC Board of Directors Application 2. Provide your resume. You may upload your resume in the application document or forward to jackson@midwestdecarb.org 3. Provide a 5-minute video that includes answering the three questions: Why do you want to be a member of Midwest BDC Board of Directors? What concrete skills and personality type attributes do you possess? What is one-thing you would like to see Midwest BDC accomplish in 2025? Submit your application materials on or before December 9, 2024 Board Interviews- week of January 6, 2025, and January 13, 2025 Annual Meeting, Friday, January 31, 2025- 10a.m.-1p.m. EST via zoom If you have any questions, please contact jackson@midwestdecarb.org. Have a wonderful day 😀