SolarCorps

Graduates of GRID’s inaugural cohort of 40 SolarCorps Fellows are celebrating their five-year work anniversaries this month!

“We’re never going to hit the solar goals that the United States needs to hit unless we create that access in low- and moderate-income communities,” said Rich Brown, Senior Vice President and head of Environmental Philanthropy for Bank of America at our annual SolarCorps retreat in February 2020.

During this time of social distancing and COVID-19, it is important to focus employees on their work; which provides structure, continuity and certainty in uncertain times.

It's a journey to serve.

In honor of AmeriCorps Week, March 8-14, 2020, we asked a former SolarCorps Fellow about their year of service and how it has influenced their career today. Read on for our interview with Wyatt Atkinson, who served as a SolarCorps Construction Fellow with GRID North Coast and now leads our Tribal Program as the Construction Manager.

This AmeriCorps Week, we spoke with LaNetra Barnes, a 27-year old GRID Los Angeles SolarCorps Construction Fellow, about her AmeriCorps journey.

As we welcome this New Year, GRID Alternatives Inland Empire (GRID IE) reflects back on many accomplishments achieved in 2019.

Zachary Cain earned the title as ‘Volunteer of the Year’ in February of this year at our Volunteer Appreciation event.

Meet our SolarCorps Outreach Fellow, Parwana Ayub! Parwana is a Bay Area native that is grateful to be addressing environmental issues in an inclusive and equitable manner at home.

Environmental and social justice fellows from around the Bay Area met with UC Berkeley students at a first ever Fellowship Summit in Oakland, California. The event was created and organized by Bay Area SolarCorps Fellow, Gwen Chang.