New Alpha Community
Development Corporation
About Us
New Alpha Community Development Corporation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered out of Florence, South Carolina. Nw Alpha CDC works in the areas of the environment, health, and community economic development. The CDC places a particular emphasis on Environomics. Environomics is the intersection where environmental issues and community economic development issues meet. Community economic development is concerned with traditional economic development, but also the development of communities and community members. Our goals at the CDC are to develop more participatory democratic empowerment models that improve the lives of lower- and middle-class people and families by building assets and creating wealth for everyday people.
Our Work
New Alpha CDC has been supporting the writing of the South Carolina State Energy Plan. The coalition writing the plan consists of every investor owned utility, Electric Cooperative, the SC Dept. of Health & Environmental Control, the Office of Energy, the Office of Regulatory Services, Academic Institutions, conservation groups, and Environmental Justice organizations. KLT is a member of the coalition’s Environmental Justice sub-committee. It is also currently working on fighting a biomass pelletizing plant in Hamlett, NC. The CDC is also organizing around water quality issues in low income African American communities in the counties of Florence, Chesterfield, and Marion. Those water quality issues are related to eather-rlated flooding. New Alpha CDC has also attended and presented at many colleges and universities such as Georgetown University, Duke University, Coker College, Francis Marion University, Florence-Darlington Technical College, Claflin University, and many more. We have attnded briefings and testified at White House briefings, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, state and fderal agency events, and Congressional South Carolina State Senate briefings. We are currently conducting training for solar installers and developing demonstration projects in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Our
Mission
Our mission is to help communities of low- and middle-income families with environmental health and community economic development issues to empower and emancipate people in communities.
GET INVOLVED
We welcome students, volunteers, community organizations, networks, funders, and other entities to partner with us and support our work.
How We
Work
We work by conducting community education campaigns, developing programs, projects, initiatives, trainings, community organiing, mobilizing, and developing strategic plans.
Areas of
Work
- Environmental Justice
- Social Justice
- Community Development
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South Carolina Solar Council presents an award to: The Whitney M Slater foundation of 2019 Community Solar Champion-Public Education of the Year Award.
Congratulations to The Whitney M Slater foundation on winning the 2019 South Carolina Solar Council Community Solar Champion-Public Education of the Year Award.
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DONATE
We are a non-profit organization and accept donations to support the New Alpha Community Development Corporation.
EVENTS
CONTACT
Executive Director:
Rev. Leo Woodberry
kingdomlivingtemple1@gmail.com
(843) 410-3272
Loretta Slater
thewhitneymslaterfoundation@gmail.com
(843) 603-4481
Kingdom Living Temple Church
PO Box 3288
Florence, SC, 29505
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Whitney M. Slater Foundation
South Carolina Solar Council presents an award to: The Whitney M Slater foundation of 2019 Community Solar Champion-Public Education of the Year Award.
Congratulations to The Whitney M Slater foundation on winning the 2019 South Carolina Solar Council Community Solar Champion-Public Education of the Year Award.