2023 Worker Education & Job training Program (WEJTP)

The Harambee House / Citizens for Environmental Justice continues its twenty years of providing environmental and green technology training and the resources necessary to ensure that eligible members of the greater Savannah community can acquire skills relevant for the 21st and 22nd Centuries. This training provides information and awareness…

Worker Education and Job Training Program 2023

The Worker Education and Job Training Program (WEJTP), provides training under the HAZWOPER standard.  “The HAZWOPER standard provides employers, emergency response workers, and other workers potentially exposed to hazardous substances information and training criteria to improve workplace safety and health and reduce workplace injuries and illnesses that could…

CORE MPO Metropolitan Transportation Plan

The CORE MPO is the transportation planning organization for the Savannah region. One of CORE’s functions is to create planning documents that facilitate local transportation. One important document CORE produces is The Metropolitan Transportation Plan. This plan details the future of transportation in the region over the next…

How Cities Can Take Advantage of IRA Grants, New IRS Provisions, and Direct Pay Models

“Join experts from RMI and World Resources Institute for part five of our federal funding learning series highlighting how cities can position themselves to take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act* grant programs, new IRS provisions, and direct pay models to advance community-wide clean energy adoption. This webinar…

How To Become a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit

The City of Savannah is hosting a 3-part series on how to start a business as a non-profit entity. A 501(c)(3) organization is recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as “being tax-exempt by virtue of its charitable programs.”* This 3-part workshop is Free, but you must…

COVID-19: More Contagious, Less Deadly!

One thing I learned in grade school about bacteria and viruses is that all germs (all living things) evolve and mutate, but that viruses are quite dynamic mutators in the microcosmic world. From the beginning of our pandemic, medical specialists and agencies have constantly reminded us that viruses…

“A Community’s Stand Against Pollution in Newark”

Dr. Ana Baptista, co-director of the Tishman Environment and Design Center and board member of Ironbound Community Corporation and New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, is working with community members of Newark, NJ in their efforts to fight back against toxic pollution and environmental racism in their neighborhoods. The…

Donation Giveaway

The Build A Bridge Foundation will giveaway donated items to families in need and to agencies that provide donations on Wednesday, May 11th at 2 PM at their office located at 6811 Forest Park Drive A Uhaul truck will be in the parking lot. 1) Toys- we do…
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