BIG IN THE NEWS BIG PRESS RELEASES Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Beyond Chicago’s Sustainable Square Mile BELT Magazine — December 13th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Blacks In Green Imagines More ‘Sustainable Square Miles’ in Chicago WBEZ — December 16th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 12/4/23 Tesia Kisner 12/4/23 New Discount Rate System a ‘Game Changer’ For Chicagoans Struggling With Heating Bills, Advocates Say Chicago Sun-Times — December 4th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Emmett Till-inspired Art Installation Marks Start of Work to Restore His Former Chicago Home NBC Chicago — July 24th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Jeff Bezos Is Spending US$400 Million to Make Underserved Communities Greener BARRON’S — July 24th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 7/23/23 Tesia Kisner 7/23/23 Emmett Till Remembered in Chicago Ahead of What Would Have Been 82nd Birthday ABC7 Chicago — July 23rd, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 7/21/23 Tesia Kisner 7/21/23 Emmett Till Home Renovations Kick Off Sunday Block Club Chicago — July 21st, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 4/23/23 Tesia Kisner 4/23/23 Working Toward Environmental Justice: A Voices Crossover PBS — April 23rd, 2022 Read More Tesia Kisner 4/16/23 Tesia Kisner 4/16/23 Chicago’s Blacks in Green Gets a Major Boost From a $10 Million EPA Grant Energy News Network — April 16th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 4/13/23 Tesia Kisner 4/13/23 Biden-Harris Administration Selects Blacks in Green to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice EPA — April 13th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 3/28/23 Tesia Kisner 3/28/23 Advocates Call On Regulators To Reject Natural Gas Rate Increases Capital News Illinois — March 28th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 11/17/22 Tesia Kisner 11/17/22 Naomi Davis Asks Woodlawn To Put Its Faith in G.O.D.: Garden-Oriented Development WTTW — November 17th, 2022 Read More Tesia Kisner 8/22/22 Tesia Kisner 8/22/22 How Trees Contribute To a Community's Wealth and Well-being Chicago Business - August 22nd, 2022 Read More Tesia Kisner 6/23/22 Tesia Kisner 6/23/22 The ‘Queen of Green,’ Naomi Davis Launches Initiative Chicago Crusader — June 23rd, 2022 Read More Tesia Kisner 6/16/22 Tesia Kisner 6/16/22 In Woodlawn, Naomi Davis Planted a Seed That Now Will Help Find Green Solutions to Help Black Communities Chicago Sun-Times — June 16th, 2023 Read More Tesia Kisner 4/22/22 Tesia Kisner 4/22/22 How Earth Day Can Be a Call For Action in the Black Community BLAVITY — April 22nd, 2022 Read More Tesia Kisner 11/10/20 Tesia Kisner 11/10/20 Purchase of Emmett Till House by Nonprofit ‘More Than a Real Estate Transaction’ WTTW — November 10th, 2022 Read More Tesia Kisner 8/30/19 Tesia Kisner 8/30/19 New Initiative Aims to Bring Solar Energy, Jobs to Chicago’s South Side WTTW - August 3rd, 2019 Read More Newer Posts PRESS RELEASES Featured Dec 17, 2024 Blacks in Green Selected for Funding to Deploy $9.9 Million Dollar Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Initiative in its 2nd Year Dec 17, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 Apr 15, 2024 Illinois Finance Authority Approves Vital Loan, Raising Financing to $2.9M for Pre-development of GEJC’s 9MW Community Solar Projects Apr 15, 2024 Apr 15, 2024 Mar 15, 2024 Blacks in Green Celebrates $100K Gift from ADT and Launches Foundational Relationship Mar 15, 2024 Mar 15, 2024 Dec 12, 2023 Co-op Founded by Blacks in Green Wins Unprecedented Solar Development Award from State of Illinois Dec 12, 2023 Dec 12, 2023 Nov 20, 2023 Campaign to End Energy Poverty Celebrates a Win for Energy Affordability in Illinois Nov 20, 2023 Nov 20, 2023 Oct 4, 2023 New Website Helps People Have a Voice in Energy Decisions That Affect Their Lives, Communities Oct 4, 2023 Oct 4, 2023 Jul 23, 2023 Blacks in Green Launches New Art Installation and Till House Museum Groundbreaking Ceremony at Emmett Till Birthday Celebration Jul 23, 2023 Jul 23, 2023 Jul 17, 2023 Blacks in Green Receives $1.5 Million Inaugural Grant from the Bezos Earth Fund for Urban Greening Jul 17, 2023 Jul 17, 2023 May 11, 2023 Advocates Issue Call to Utilities to Negotiate in Light of Illinois Utility Affordability Crisis May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 Apr 13, 2023 Biden-Harris Administration Selects Blacks in Green to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center with $10M Grant to Advance Environmental Justice Apr 13, 2023 Apr 13, 2023 Mar 2, 2023 Coalition of Consumer Rights, Environmental, Community-Based Groups Propose the People’s Utility Rate Relief Act Mar 2, 2023 Mar 2, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Elza Ter-Arutyunov | elza@blacksingreen.org
Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Beyond Chicago’s Sustainable Square Mile BELT Magazine — December 13th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Tesia Kisner 12/13/23 Blacks In Green Imagines More ‘Sustainable Square Miles’ in Chicago WBEZ — December 16th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 12/4/23 Tesia Kisner 12/4/23 New Discount Rate System a ‘Game Changer’ For Chicagoans Struggling With Heating Bills, Advocates Say Chicago Sun-Times — December 4th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Emmett Till-inspired Art Installation Marks Start of Work to Restore His Former Chicago Home NBC Chicago — July 24th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Tesia Kisner 7/24/23 Jeff Bezos Is Spending US$400 Million to Make Underserved Communities Greener BARRON’S — July 24th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 7/23/23 Tesia Kisner 7/23/23 Emmett Till Remembered in Chicago Ahead of What Would Have Been 82nd Birthday ABC7 Chicago — July 23rd, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 7/21/23 Tesia Kisner 7/21/23 Emmett Till Home Renovations Kick Off Sunday Block Club Chicago — July 21st, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 4/23/23 Tesia Kisner 4/23/23 Working Toward Environmental Justice: A Voices Crossover PBS — April 23rd, 2022 Read More
Tesia Kisner 4/16/23 Tesia Kisner 4/16/23 Chicago’s Blacks in Green Gets a Major Boost From a $10 Million EPA Grant Energy News Network — April 16th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 4/13/23 Tesia Kisner 4/13/23 Biden-Harris Administration Selects Blacks in Green to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice EPA — April 13th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 3/28/23 Tesia Kisner 3/28/23 Advocates Call On Regulators To Reject Natural Gas Rate Increases Capital News Illinois — March 28th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 11/17/22 Tesia Kisner 11/17/22 Naomi Davis Asks Woodlawn To Put Its Faith in G.O.D.: Garden-Oriented Development WTTW — November 17th, 2022 Read More
Tesia Kisner 8/22/22 Tesia Kisner 8/22/22 How Trees Contribute To a Community's Wealth and Well-being Chicago Business - August 22nd, 2022 Read More
Tesia Kisner 6/23/22 Tesia Kisner 6/23/22 The ‘Queen of Green,’ Naomi Davis Launches Initiative Chicago Crusader — June 23rd, 2022 Read More
Tesia Kisner 6/16/22 Tesia Kisner 6/16/22 In Woodlawn, Naomi Davis Planted a Seed That Now Will Help Find Green Solutions to Help Black Communities Chicago Sun-Times — June 16th, 2023 Read More
Tesia Kisner 4/22/22 Tesia Kisner 4/22/22 How Earth Day Can Be a Call For Action in the Black Community BLAVITY — April 22nd, 2022 Read More
Tesia Kisner 11/10/20 Tesia Kisner 11/10/20 Purchase of Emmett Till House by Nonprofit ‘More Than a Real Estate Transaction’ WTTW — November 10th, 2022 Read More
Tesia Kisner 8/30/19 Tesia Kisner 8/30/19 New Initiative Aims to Bring Solar Energy, Jobs to Chicago’s South Side WTTW - August 3rd, 2019 Read More