Wisconsin program aims to boost diversity in clean energy economy


Wisconsin program aims to boost diversity in clean energy economy


Participants in a recent pilot project learned about ways to build their businesses. 

The clean energy and green building industries are growing rapidly.

And Baltazar De Anda Santana of the Latino Academy of Workforce Development in Madison, Wisconsin, wants to make sure people of color share in the benefits.

“I want to see Latinos, I want to see African Americans, doing solar installation,” he says. “I want to see them out there, making the money that is going to help them not just support their families, but for them to be able to have options, to have opportunities.”

So to equip people with the knowledge they need to break into the industry, his group helped lead a pilot program for minority contractors.
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