NEW ORLEANS – Feed the Second Line will celebrate a brand-new microgrid resiliency project at Grace and the Green Light, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and brass band-led celebration to follow. Feed the Second Line’s solar-powered micro-grids allow critical organizations such as Grace and the Green Light to maintain services following major storms and other power outages.
Feed the Second Line’s citywide initiative, called “Get Lit, Stay Lit,” is a scalable and replicable solution to grow New Orleans’ community resiliency while expanding the green sector economy and job opportunities for New Orleans residents.
“We welcome the opportunity to partner with Grace and the Green Light as we continue to scale our vital resiliency projects that are so essential to our community,” said Tinice “Tee” Williams (pictured), executive director of Feed the Second Line. “Musicians, culture bearers, and many people throughout our community become more vulnerable during storm season. Ours is a neighborhood-led approach that can transform our resiliency to climate disasters.”
What: Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate New Microgrid Resiliency Project
When: Tuesday, Aug. 29, from 8:45-9:15 a.m.
Where: 1526 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
About Feed the Second Line:
Led by Executive Director Tinice “Tee” Williams, “Get Lit, Stay Lit” is a project of Feed the Second Line, which improves resiliency and taps into the social cohesion of cultural groups to foster a sense of community and improve neighborhood outcomes during disasters.
Feed the Second Line recently announced that U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) successfully secured $3.69 million in federal funds for the Get Lit, Stay Lit project to scale similar micro-grid resiliency projects citywide.
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