Area leaders from SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District), a community-owned electric service, the Sacramento Promise Zone collaborative, Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce, Greater Sacramento Urban League (Sacramento, CA), the Sacramento Kings, Baker Energy Team, UC Davis and Spotlight Solar have partnered together to create a workforce development project designed to increase the use of solar in public places.

The project aims to install solar trees, manufactured by Spotlight Solar, at up to 11 locations within Sacramento. Locations include GSUL, the Simmons Community Center and a site within the Twin Rivers Unified School District.

Organizers, sponsors, and community partners joined together in a ceremony at Girard College on January 8 to announce plans for the upcoming 25th annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service. Girard College will serve as the region’s signature project site for the eleventh successive year. 

Founder and director Todd Bernstein, who is also president of Global Citizen, announced that a national record of more than 150,000 volunteers are expected to participate in more than 1,800 community service projects throughout the region on Monday, January 20, the King federal holiday. 

The Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.  Participants will include students of all ages from public, private, and parochial schools, colleges, senior citizens, community, religious, civic and non-profit organizations, businesses, military veterans, AmeriCorps members, elected officials and families. 

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in Madison, Jan. 20, marks the 25th anniversary of the day of service that will celebrate the civil right’s leader’s life and legacy. Here in Madison, the MLK Day Youth Call to Service is a chance for young people throughout Dane County to have a fun day in Dr. King’s memory while they dedicate themselves to service.

The Urban League of Greater Madison (Madison,WI) has been involved with the MLK Youth Service Day for decades and has had various partners through the year. On Monday, Jan. 20, 12:30-5 p.m. at Madison Public Library in downtown Madison they will be inviting middle and high school youth across Dane County to attend the MLK Day Youth Call to Service.

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Introduction

Good Morning, Chairwoman Maloney and Ranking Member Jordan.  I am Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League.  Thank you for this opportunity to testify on Hard to Count Communities and the 2020 Census.  

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