The Applied Research Center (ARC), one of America’s leading think tanks on racial justice, has just released the Green Equity Toolkit: Standards and Strategies for Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy. ARC’s goal is to help community organizations, public agencies and individuals maximize and share the benefits of green-collar jobs. The toolkit provides a guide for creating high-quality jobs that are fully accessible to people of color and women.

According to ARC’s press release, “More than $200 billion in the Recovery Act was earmarked for green jobs programs. Though stimulus recipients must comply with anti-discrimination laws, racial and gender equity are not mandated in the recovery, nor is race or gender data being collected. The Toolkit highlights the impact of recovery monies and provides analysis of recently released Recovery Act data.”

Visit www.arc.org/greenjobs to read and download the toolkit.

Tags: green economy, green jobs, Green-Collar Jobs, racial justice, social justice

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