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From the streets to solar advocate: D.C. activist pushes for renewable power Kyle Swenson © Kyle Swenson/The Washington Post Activist, artist and solar installer Sharon Wise has begun leading workshops in the District to inform residents about the job opportunities tied to solar energy. Sharon Wise looks out the front window of her apartment in Anacostia past the lawn where she regularly hands out food to the needy or helps neighborhood kids with art projects and sees the opportunities. Prim houses. Churches. Run-down corner stores. In Wise’s eyes, each building could be hooked up to solar panels, and the 57-year-old activist and solar installer is part of a push to bridge the opportunities of renewable energy with the District’s poorest areas.

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