Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC)
Sandra Lee is an experienced professional in economic inclusion and educational leadership, currently serving as the Economic Inclusion Manager at Emerald Cities Collaborative since July 2023. Prior to this role, Sandra held various positions at Jobs for the Future from May 2019 to July 2023, including Senior Manager and Program Manager, focusing on enhancing access to education and career advancement for diverse populations. Sandra's earlier experience includes directing youth programs at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center and serving as an Activist Fellow at the Asian American Resource Workshop. Educational credentials include a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Boston University and participation in the Institute of Nonprofit Practice Community Fellows Program at Tufts University, along with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Education, and Sociology from Boston University.
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Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC)
Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2009 that advances racial, economic, and climate justice to build communities that are more equitable, economically just, and sustainable. Headquartered in Washington, DC, ECC implements replicable place-based strategies in community and worker power building, economic inclusion, and equitable implementation in five regions (Northwest, Northern California, Southern California, Northeast, and D.C./Maryland/Virginia) and select cities throughout the US. Additionally, ECC’s national Civic Infrastructure and Strategic Initiatives provide a broad range of policy capacity, program leadership, coalition building, and technical assistance to community-based organizations, government, and more. PURPOSE: Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) centers and collaborates with frontline communities, especially communities of color, to ensure that they are at the forefront of decision-making, that they benefit from the economic opportunities of the transition to clean energy, and that climate investments are driven back to those communities. MISSION: Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) advances racial, economic, and climate justice to build communities that are more equitable, economically just, and sustainable through replicable strategies in community and worker powerbuilding, economic inclusion, and equitable implementation. VISION: We envision healthy, sustainable, powerful, and thriving communities, especially communities of color.