Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE)
Solar Installation and Automotive Technology
Solar Installation
11 students participated in a 6-week program where they learned solar installation and about green skilled trades careers. ACE partners with the organization GRID Alternatives to offer students training and skills necessary for solar installation.
These students participated in ACE’s Community Repair program, where they beautified and modernized a local community facility – learning drywalling and soundproofing.
Students also helped to refurbish an adjacent home on the ACE property, which will be used as transitional and re-entry housing for future ACE participants.
“One of the most remarkable results we witnessed was the significant retention and engagement of trainees who historically have low engagement in education and have been negatively impacted by poverty. The Summer Solar program provided a counter-narrative to our students’ lived experiences that fostered a sense of belonging and empowerment. Marginalized youth can envision and strive for a brighter future when given opportunities like the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Skilled Trades Summer program.” Read more.
Michelle Fuentes-Miranda, president and founder, Alliance for Community Empowerment
Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE)
Solar Installation Canoga Park
Program Highlights
Solar Installation Summer Program
Since 2021, ACE has partnered with Harbor Freight Tools for Schools to offer a robust solar installation summer program, where participants are exposed to green skilled trades while attaining hands-on training and skills needed to prepare them for a career in solar. ACE’s summer program also includes a community repair program, a unique component where the participants learn basic construction and implement repair initiatives at multiple community sites. Participants can apply their mastered skills, experience a real jobsite setting, and have the opportunity to make a lasting contribution to their own community.
About Alliance for Community Empowerment
Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE) is based in the West San Fernando Valley. ACE provides education, workforce development, gang intervention and prevention programming integrated with counseling, mentoring, case management and other support services for marginalized individuals and families.
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“One of the most remarkable results we witnessed was the significant retention and engagement of trainees who historically have low engagement in education and have been negatively impacted by poverty. The Summer Solar program provided a counter-narrative to our students’ lived experiences that fostered a sense of belonging and empowerment.” Read more.
Michelle Fuentes-Miranda, president and founder, Alliance for Community Empowerment