Every three years, the RE-AMP Network comes together to set our strategic priorities. These priorities are where we concentrate our efforts to deliver the Three C’s of RE-AMP– Connections, Co-Creating Strategy, and Capacity Building. Members who are logged in can join our hubs. Non-members, who want to collaborate in a hub, can reach out to a RE-AMP staff person to learn more about how to connected.
Supporting food and agriculture systems that nourish the land and pull carbon from the air. Main areas of focus include:
- Elevating promising models of regenerative agriculture from around the Midwest with an emphasis on supporting young/BIPOC farmers
- Limiting growth of CAFOs and limiting methane outputs from agricultural systems
- Working collectively on the 2023 Farm Bill to reduce agricultural emissions and promote sustainable agriculture
For more information contact Erica Flores at erica@reamp.org
Buildings
Getting fossil fuels out of buildings to ensure affordable, healthy, comfortable places to live, work, play, and pray. Main areas of focus include:
- Energy efficiency policies and measures that center the needs of low-income and BIPOC communities
- Equitable building electrification, especially in rural areas
For more information contact Conor Cusack at conor@reamp.org
Investing in community-driven solutions to create energy system transformation toward clean and democratically owned energy. Main areas of focus include:
- Building community-owned power and taking back member power in Rural Electric Co-ops
- Liberating people from utility debt
- Working against corporate monopolies in energy markets
- Supporting models for democratically controlled and locally produced clean energy
For more information contact Erica Flores at erica@reamp.org
Ensuring people have access to and participate in democratic processes. Main areas of focus include:
- Expanding leadership and engagement in BIPOC communities
- Building capacity for grassroots influence on public officials
- Voter registration and mobilization
For more information contact Conor Cusack at conor@reamp.org.
Enabling people to get where they need to go without having to drive, and making motorized transportation cleaner. Main areas of focus are:
- Leveraging local climate plans to ensure transportation and land use planning promotes policies that are good for people and the climate.
- Leveraging federal funding for transit, active transportation, and other tools to enable people to get where they need to go without having to drive.
- Creating moratoria on highway expansions, and re-connecting communities.
For more information contact Gail Francis at gail@reamp.org