By providing solar PV installation and safety training in the part of Dallas suffering the highest level of poverty, Green Careers Texas is bridging the gap from an area in great need of good employment to a rapidly growing industry that offers entry-level living wages with a relevant career path.
Green Careers Texas' priorities:
1) Workforce Training
2) Workforce Development
3) Community Education
Funding for training programs and tools such as impact drivers, drills and bits, portable band saw, etc.
Funding to create Installer Tool Kits for trainees who get hired.
Funding for staff and supplies.
Board members who reflect the communities in which we serve.
Volunteer to produce and distribute monthly Mail Chimp newsletters.
Volunteer to produce social media posts to raise awareness of our work and recruit trainees.
Volunteers to assist with fundraising efforts.
GCT’s mission is to disrupt poverty through green career training and employment, in combination with community education.
Funding for training programs and tools such as impact drivers, drills and bits, portable band saw, etc.
Funding to create Installer Tool Kits for trainees who get hired.
Funding for staff and supplies.
Board members who reflect the communities in which we serve.
Volunteer to produce and distribute monthly Mail Chimp newsletters.
Volunteer to produce social media posts to raise awareness of our work and recruit trainees.
Volunteers to assist with fundraising efforts.
Our work at Green Careers Texas (GCT) sits at the intersection of environmental, economic, and racial justice. The City of Dallas is sharply divided by race. The 2018 Racial Wealth Divide report created by Prosperity Now shows clearly that income inequality and racial segregation go hand in hand in Dallas.
GCT began our work in South Dallas/Fair Park (zip codes 75215 and 75210) specifically because neighbors are Black and Latinx people, and these zip codes suffer the worst levels of poverty in our city. In the years since, our work extends into southern Dallas, the Sunnyside area of Houston and east Austin.
Racial inequity exists as long as living in a certain neighborhood determines one's economic security, liquid asset poverty, access to living wage work and health. Green Careers Texas bridges the gap between employers in this rapidly growing industry and qualified low-income individuals in need of living wage work with a relevant career path.
Green Careers Texas continually seeks to fill board positions with a diverse group of people regarding race, age and gender knowing diversity brings strength, creativity and understanding.
Organization name
Green Careers Texas
Causes
Economic/Financial Security/Poverty
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Other
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
2922 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd