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03/31/2026

Sharing the Power Foundation has appointed Samantha Phillips Beers as Executive Director 🌍🔋 An experienced environmental attorney and policy leader, she brings three decades of experience to advance the foundation’s growing mission.

Sharing the Power Foundation invests in organizations and programs that build healthy communities while preparing the next generation of energy and sustainability leaders in communities from Appalachia to Atlanta.

“The foundation has already invested in organizations advancing environmental health, energy access, and workforce development, and I look forward to building on that momentum by expanding support for women-owned and veteran businesses, strengthening partnerships with tribal communities, and preparing the next generation of energy and sustainability leaders.”
Samantha Phillips Beers, Executive Director

Read more: https://apnews.com/press-release/ein-presswire-newsmatics/sharing-the-power-foundation-appoints-samantha-phillips-beers-as-executive-director-4637e07433a39ad9b5ff285c630818a3

02/23/2026

Sharing the Power Foundation Celebrates Black History Month. 🎉🌐

This month, we’re celebrating the inclusiveness of our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) while highlighting our commitment to communities from Appalachia to Atlanta through building healthy communities and advancing economic and workforce development.

We proudly invest in nonprofit organizations building healthy communities and advancing economic and workforce development in urban and rural communities. Learn more: sharingthepower.org/

10/23/2025

Sharing the Power Foundation is excited to share the Dream.org Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour ⚡ coming to Howard University (HU).

🗓️ Monday, October 27 from 12:30 to 4:00 PM EDT
📍 Blackburn Center, Howard University, 2397 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059

This tour stop celebrates Black brilliance, civic power, and economic opportunity with a mini job fair featuring employers and organizations offering internships, fellowships, and green career pathways. Attendees will also hear from alumni and leaders who have turned challenges into opportunities, and experience interactive stations to pledge to vote, create a voting plan, and learn how their voices drive change. Learn more and RSVP here: mobilize.us/dream/event/846919 🎟️

07/23/2025

🌐This year’s Clean Energy and Environmental Justice Fellowship cohort is set.

Powered by Volt Energy Utility, the Sharing the Power Foundation’s Clean Energy and Environmental Justice Fellowship brings together well-qualified students from across the country to work with grassroots environmental and clean energy organizations and build analytical skills.

03/04/2025

Volt Energy Utility Partner and Sharing the Power Foundation Board member Eric Grant spoke to graduates of the Coalfield Development Workforce Readiness and Professional Success (WRAPS) program in Huntington, West Virginia. The program prepares members of the Appalachian communities for work in renewable energy, construction, agriculture, light manufacturing, and more. Congratulations to our February 2025 WRAPS graduates 🎉▶️ Nafiys Abdullah, Alexis Miller, Mone Parker, Andrew Rardon, and Randy Ross have completed the program and are moving forward in their careers.

Coalfield Development is a nonprofit organization based in Huntington, West Virginia, that is rebuilding the Appalachian economy through economic development and workforce training initiatives that provide career pathways to transition from a reliance on coal to opportunities in renewable energy and other sectors. Volt and Sharing the Power Foundation presented a check to Coalfield Development to continue their efforts.

Sharing the Power Foundation has supported Coalfield and other Appalachian-based workforce training and clean energy-focused organizations in previous years.

Meet Coalfield Developments WRAPS Partners: https://shorturl.at/vuPvo
Understand how Sharing the Power Foundation Is Changing Lives from Appalachia to Atlanta: .sharingthepower.org/

12/24/2024

The holiday season allows us to reflect on our community and the impact we create together. We're reflecting on our mission to fulfill a critical need in our community: advancing environmental justice and fostering an inclusive, clean energy future. We have proudly supported a range of organizations committed to these goals. From urban communities to rural areas transitioning from carbon-based industries to renewable energy, our partners are making a difference. 🌐👏🏽

These organizations include Appalachian Voices, the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, Coalfield Development, and Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, among many others. From all of us at the Sharing the Power Foundation, we wish you a joyful holiday season.

Visit▶️https://lnkd.in/eDcH3H4G to learn more about our initiatives that contribute to an equitable distribution of benefits produced by the Clean Energy Economy.

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