Uzma

At the intersection of energy, climate change, society

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The Solar Honey Company and Bolton Bees partner with solar developers to place apiaries near solar panels to encourage new foraging habitats and reduce ground maintenance. And the honey's delicious. #solarhoney @MWenergynews https://t.co/tlxBmlKyPP

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If a black person's dollar is worth less than a white person's we haven't abolished slavery, being free means equal participation in economy

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Beryl Satter: Contract selling was a systematic and predatory transfer of wealth from black communities after Great Migration #MPCForum

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Big part of community organizing is to tell a good story to jumpstart conversation. Don't start at stats. Has to feel real #OurEnergy

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Ask "why might people care" in community engagement to uncover broader motivations to act on issues #OurEnergy @judyhertz

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Chicago is the birthplace of community organizing. Today @ISEIFoundation grantees are learning how to use those tactics for #OurEnergy

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In volunteer work we're trained to express altruism & ignore self-interest, but interest is what connects us to causes @judyhertz #OurEnergy

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Coal is not the answer to global energy poverty, in fact it will impose unnecessary suffering on the poor https://t.co/1fKAbkCyGj

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In Moroccan village, solar panels improved agricultural economy – they also helped residents connect with God #sufi https://t.co/0WAhsQXjWa

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This sufi folk song circulates in every Pakistani's blood no matter where we are. Love Sami Yusuf's take https://t.co/6AcFB72UIQ #jumaahjam

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Had no idea Nelson Algren grew up in my beloved Albany Park and I went to the same elementary school as him https://t.co/IN5z1SCSKv

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90 Days, 90 Voices project profiles Chicago’s immigrants, and what are they facing in 2017 https://t.co/4vrvLYVroE

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@DoRiteDonuts thank you but I missed this earlier! I'm probably too late now. I'll wait till next paczki day!

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@DoRiteDonuts no Nutella on the inside of the paczkis I picked up. Is that blasphemy or a mistake?

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A love letter to Chicago footwork #juke #house #lookathisfeet https://t.co/spzybSOMjl @chancetherapper @kevincoval

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One of our theories of change re: funding energy literacy @cebutterfield #philanthropy https://t.co/WnB4CzaQck

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One place to look for a narrative of Pakistani people: poetry on buses, trucks, rickshaws https://t.co/lPSDi71qRO

[World Economic Forum @wef]

92% of us are breathing unsafe air. This map shows just how bad the problem is https://t.co/nPc0QRJj1Q

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

Justice is what LOVE looks like in public.

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

.@NASA shows near disappearance of Aral Sea in central Asia in just 14 years https://t.co/hdRA4BcBEH