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![Preparing for Power]()
Preparing for Power
On June 19, 2020, Groundswell will host a Juneteenth celebration to kick off our bi-weekly Prepare for Power concert series. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S., and it is an important day to celebrate freedom while making room for new leaders to cast their vision and carry the future forward.
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![What you do is who you are.]()
What you do is who you are.
What you do is who you are. I believe that is particularly true in this moment. We lament the murders of Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery. We cry out together in solidarity for restorative justice. But what are we going to do, individually and corporately, to dismantle more than four hundred years of systems upon systems that have deeply institutionalized racism in this country? We can say that black lives matter, but until black lives matter is true of the lived experience of every American, there’s urgent work to do.
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![Solar project provides education opportunity to community]()
Solar project provides education opportunity to community
In Baltimore Maryland, the partnership between Empowerment Temple and Groundswell continues to bring community solar projects centered in education, economic empowerment, and a higher level of resilience to the community surrounding the place of worship.
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![How to Find Your Community Solar Credits on Your Pepco Bill]()
How to Find Your Community Solar Credits on Your Pepco Bill
Your monthly Pepco bill has a lot of useful information on it, but it can be difficult to understand. We are here to help.
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![Transformation is a Verb]()
Transformation is a Verb
Groundswell champions the value of transformation – deeply understanding the systems and constraints of “what is” in order to move toward “what should be.” We work with communities across the country, listening and walking beside our neighbors from many different backgrounds and income levels to hear and empower our partner communities in shaping a shared energy future. This takes a lot of work and much more time than imposing an existing system “from the top.”
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![Energizing the Community at The Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel]()
Energizing the Community at The Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
This year, the Discalced Carmelite Friars of Washington, D.C., and Groundswell will continue to follow Jesus’ call to love our neighbors through the benefits created by the recently energized solar project at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
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![Honoring Earth Day at 50: Beauty that Lasts]()
Honoring Earth Day at 50: Beauty that Lasts
Earth Day invites us all to recommit ourselves to protecting the earth because of all the ways in which the health and quality of our lives and the lives of generations to come are bound up in the health of our planet. Committing yourself to protecting something (or someone) takes love, understanding, and an appreciation for its value. So how do we begin to love and appreciate the earth?
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![St. Luke Reaches Energization]()
St. Luke Reaches Energization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In February, Groundswell and St. Luke Baptist Church took a step forward in fulfilling both groups’ mission to serve the community through the energization of this Groundswell community solar project.
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![Partnering to deliver Wind Power]()
Partnering to deliver Wind Power
Groundswell alum and executive director of The Community Purchasing Alliance Felipe Witchger convenes over 150 community based institutions Groundswell has worked with to join CPA on a group call
I watched the clean energy movement fall short in 2009 as climate policy failed to pass in the US Senate by one vote. One vote! I will never forget that feeling of disappointment and frustration. Eager to organize to push this movement forward, I joined the Groundswell team in August of 2010.
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![Helping DC Neighbors Who’ve Lost their Jobs due to COVID-19]()
Helping DC Neighbors Who’ve Lost their Jobs due to COVID-19
Seven Free Community Solar Subscriptions Now Available, Applications due by April 9
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![Groundswell celebrates energizing two SharePower™ projects in early 2020]()
Groundswell celebrates energizing two SharePower™ projects in early 2020
Groundswell is excited to announce that our SharePower™ projects at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Luke Baptist Church in Washington D.C. have been energized and are connected to the electric grid.
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![Leading with Values]()
Leading with Values
Systems produce outcomes according to the values on which they’re founded, so Groundswell has been very deliberate about defining and sharing the values that guide us daily in our work. Kristal Knowles, Groundswell’s Director of Operations and Customer Support and the heart and soul of our team, has led us through this effort. Last week, Groundswell’s Statement of Values was unanimously adopted by our full Board and every person on our staff team.
