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1. Solar Installation Job Training

   • Learn more about solar job training opportunities in our area by watching our workshop on it.

   • HPCSI runs a solar vocational training program at Vocatio Career Prep HS in Hunting Park. The program is a 20 class (40 hour) course that meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6-8pm, over the course of 10 weeks. Our learning environment prioritizes hands on training and graduates students OSHA 10 certified and job site ready to join a solar installation crew. HPCSI leverages its existing relationships with several solar installers to help our graduates find employment in solar companies. We just completed our fourth course in June 2024. Our next course will begin fall of 2024. This fiscal year (’24-’25), we will be running 3 courses, 1 of which will be bilingual English/Spanish. To learn more, email us at hpcsiphilly@gmail.com. To apply for the fall training course, go to bit.ly/hpsolartrainingclass1

   • Learn more about other solar training programs in the area by clicking the links below:

     • Bright Solar Futures Academy at Frankford HS (for high schoolers grade 10-12)

     • Power Corps (for adults 18-28)

     • ECA Training Center (for adults)

     • Philadelphia OIC Smart Energy Technical Training Program (for adults 18+)

   2. Rooftop Solar

   • Learn more about the benefits of rooftop solar by watching our workshop on it.

   • If you are a member of a house of worship or other faith-based non-profit, request a free evaluation and consider solarizing through them. Of particular interest may be their $0 cost guaranteed savings optional buyout solar leasing program. Request your evaluation here: www.solarfaithful.org

   • To get a free solar ownership evaluation of your property through our partner Solar States, go here.

   • To get a free solar leasing evaluation of your property through our partner Posigen, go here: bit.ly/posigen-hpcsi-lead

   3. Energy Efficiency & Weatherization

• Learn more about energy efficiency and weatherization by watching our workshop on it.

• Apply for the Philadelphia Energy Authority’s Built to Last program. This program uses public money to repair, weatherize, and solarize qualifying low-income Philadelphia homeowners. Go to the following link to learn about the program and apply: www.philaenergy.org/programs-initiatives/built-to-last/

• If you would like to learn about how to apply for public grants to repair and weatherize your home for free, please call our partner, Hunting Park Community Revitalization Corporation, at 215-225-5560.

4. Hunting Park Climate and Environmental Community

• Become part of HPCSI’s team. Contact Allen Drew at hpcsiphilly@gmail.com.

• Interested in environmental justice oriented youth mentorship and leadership training? Learn about how you can get involved with Hunting Park Green (www.hpgreen.org). Contact Jose Ferran at jferran33@gmail.com.

• Help Hunting Park become more green by joining the HP branch of Tree Tenders and planting street trees in the neighborhood.  Contact Ivana Gonzalez at igonzalez@esperanza.us.

• Help Hunting Park adapt to excessive heat, deliver AC units to residents in need, and develop long term strategies to cool the neighborhood by joining the Beat the Heat initiative.  Contact Charles Lanier (HPCRC) at hunting.parknac@verizon.net.

• Grow food in your neighborhood and get your hands in the earth by joining the Hunting Park Community Garden. Contact Mike Wilcox at huntingparkgarden@gmail.com.

• HPCSI is a partner organization of HERE4CJ (www.here4climatejustice.org), a climate-oriented housing justice solutions coalition. This is a great coalition focusing on some exciting work in Philadelphia. If you or your organization are interested in getting involved, contact Allen Drew at AllenCWP12@gmail.com.

• Help Hunting Park work on big picture strategies for cleaning, greening, and heat mitigation by joining the HP Environmental Steering Committee organized by Esperanza, Inc.  Contact Ivana Gonzalez at igonzalez@esperanza.us.

5. Climate Crisis 101

• A climate crisis call to action (4 min).

• Bill Nye the Science Guy explains climate change (4 min).

• NASA’s climate education page.

• Climate solutions.

• Resource page from the Climate Witness Project (one of our partners).

• “This is Hunting Park” 6-part documentary with study guide produced by faith-based partner Climate Witness Project looking at 6 climate justice stories in and around Hunting Park.

• “What Needs to Be Done” - Documentary on the Built to Last Program and its work in 6 Hunting Park homes.