Audience: Low-Income Communities

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how expensive it feels to simply live while being aware. Aware of the injustices everyday people are facing. This issue is more personal than usual. I want to take a moment to talk about what it feels like to navigate rising bills and rising temperatures at the same time and how to sustain self care in the midst of it all.

This training answers the question “how do mutual aid networks work?” by taking a deep dive case study of a mutual aid group and how it functions.

Recent acts of violence and injustice—here in Minneapolis–St. Paul and in communities across the country—are not only social and political crises; they are health crises. As we navigate ongoing harm and uncertainty, it is essential that we care for ourselves and one another.

This guide is designed to help organizations bring a consumer-centered lens to energy policy debates, and to show how utility regulation, affordability programs, and climate justice intersect with state budgets and economic health. By using this guide, you can frame energy affordability not just as an environmental or technical issue, but as a core economic justice concern, one that directly impacts household stability, community resilience, and long-term, your state’s prosperity.

With energy costs on the rise, I have been scouring trusted sources for answers on the best ways to talk about the energy affordability crisis. Let me point you to three grounding strategies that have helped me figure out how we can make the energy affordability case.