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Sammie Lewis can’t wait to receive her next energy bill. That’s because Lewis is one of the first Portland homeowners to benefit from a city grant that offers home “energy retrofits”—meant to save low income homeowners money on energy costs by switching homes to clean energy alternatives. “I’m waiting for my first utility bill to see the savings,” Lewis said Friday, as she looked up at the solar panels newly installed on the roof of.
Education for African Americans has always been a matter of controversy, restrictions and distortions aimed at maintaining the racist status quo African American History Month Series No. 4 Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at the African American History Month webinar entitled “Critical Race Theory Forum,…