Candace AvalosAvalos is the executive director of Verde, co-founder of the Black Millennial Movement and chair of Portland’s Citizen Review Committee. A resident of Portland, she also serves on the city’s Charter Review Commission. Her column appears on the fourth Sunday of the month.Climate inaction and its consequences are impossible to ignore. Nor should we ignore the communities of color who bear the harshest effects. Whether it’s extreme heat, smoke-filled air or lack of opportunity in the green economy, low income and communities of color are consistently shut out from the strategies and resources necessary to overcome the present-day and worsening crisis.In 2018, voters supported an exciting answer to this problem. The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund was built by a strong, diverse coalition, including the nonprofit that I lead, to repair the economic harm…
Candace Avalos column: Portland’s Clean Energy Fund is winning for communities of color
