where are women of color in the green economy? yvonne yen liu applied research center united states...
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Where are Women of Color in the
Green Economy?Yvonne Yen Liu
Applied Research CenterUnited States Studies Program of the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsSeptember 13, 2010
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Who is the Applied Research Center?
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Goals• Is the green economy inclusive of
women of color?• How do we advance equity in the
green economy?• What are examples of innovative
strategies?
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The Promise of the Green Economy
“The world we dream of has more than just a stable, healthy climate. We dream of a society that also takes care of its people, where no one is left behind and everyone has a chance to succeed. That society upholds three basic principles: equal protection for all, equal opportunity for all, and reverence for all creation.” --Van Jones, “The Green-Collar Economy: In Search of Eco-Equity” (2009) in the Compact for Racial Justice, http://www.arc.org/compact/
Graduates of Oakland Green Jobs Corps, June 2009
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Green Jobs Gone Gray• Women hold 7% of jobs in renewable energy.
• Women of color comprise only 1% of jobs in renewable energy.
• 5% of the green energy employees are white women.
• Black women are employed in only 1.5% of green energy jobs.
• Latina women comprise 1% of those employed in renewable energy.
• Asian women makeup 0.7%.
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ARC’s Green Equity Toolkit
• Equity Principles• Equity Outcomes
–measuring equity
• Equity Handles–enforcing equity
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Equity Principles
• Green jobs should include people of color and women
• These green jobs should be good jobs
• People of color and women advance in a green career pathway
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Measuring Equity• Was the community involved in defining
green jobs?• Is there race and gender parity in hiring and
awarding contracts?• Do green jobs offer family-sustaining wages
and benefits?• Do green job training programs place people
of color and women into jobs?• Do green jobs create healthy and safe
workplaces and surrounding environments?
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Enforcing Equity
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Illustration of Equity Handles
•Title 6 and 7 of Civil Rights Act•Best Value Contracting•Participation Goals•Local Hire Agreement
•Best Value Contracting•Professional Development
•Community Workforce Agreement•Family Sufficient Wage•Fair Labor Standards
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Innovation in the Green Economy• Participatory process to
define the green economy
• Working with unlikely allies in a strategic coalition
• Create opportunity in disenfranchised communities: worker-owned, green cooperatives
• Scaling up to city or regional-level with community workforce or local hire agreements
Diné youth lobbying Tribal Council for Navajo Green Jobs, Act July 2009
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Conclusion• Green economy is not automatically
equitable• Equity needs to be advanced
intentionally and evaluated based on outcomes
• Innovative strategies exist at the community- and local-level
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My Questions for You
• How do you target women for green jobs when everyone is out of work?
• How do you encourage women to enter into nontraditional employment?
• How do you leverage existing and new funding (i.e. TANF and WIA) to create green jobs for women?
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Further InformationGreen Equity Toolkit & Green Case Studies
www.arc.org/greenjobs Yvonne Yen Liu : [email protected]