Helping low-income families since 1994.

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Rainwater harvesting for limited-income households.

Reduction of hazardous exposures in small businesses through a community health worker intervention.

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Building a stronger community through equal housing.

Solar Empowerment Program

Reducing the cost of energy used in your home.

Energy Efficiency

New appliances and home repairs.

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Community Champions Training – English

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control ProgramLead-Based Paint Program

  • SERI
  • Free

Are you passionate about creating a safe and healthy environment for everyone in your community? Lead poisoning is one of the most preventable environmental illnesses for developing children under 6 years old. We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about environmental justice and want to be community champions against lead poisoning. Community Champions will educate about lead poisoning prevention, refer qualifying families to the City of Tucson’s Lead Hazard Reduction program, test for lead contamination in household items, and offer different programs SERI has for low-income families in their own community. This training will teach you about the basics of lead poisoning prevention and SERI’s initiatives for lead poisoning prevention. The second half of the training will familiarize participants with SERI’s other programs and their responsibilities as community champions. This training is in English and about 2 hours long. Location: SERI Office – 3202 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716 To register and for any questions, please contact jella@seriaz.org or (520) 222-8067.

Basics of Fair Housing – English

Fair HousingFair Housing

  • Online
  • Free

Did you know? It is illegal to discriminate in housing based on someone’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and disability. During this class you will learn about the history of fair housing, where fair housing applies, the importance of fair housing work, the seven protected classes, fair housing complaint statistics, fair housing laws, prohibited activities, accessibility features for new construction, use of criminal records, potential signs of discrimination, exemptions to the Fair Housing Act, who is held liable for housing discrimination, fair housing cases, and how to file a fair housing complaint inquiry with SERI. You will receive a certificate for attending the full class.

Solar Empowerment Workshop – English

Renewable Energy

Solar Empowerment

  • Free

Harnessing the power of the sun has become increasingly important in the pursuit of renewable and sustainable sources of energy. This workshop is designed to provide participants with the understanding of solar technologies, their benefits, and their components, and maintenance. The second half of the workshop will cover how the Solar Empowerment Program works. Join the workshop here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82592332116?pwd=cN5Juo8R8vD265Cd1alSQk46o1yS8k.1. This workshop is in English and about 1.5 hours long. For any questions please contact hilda.cortez@seriaz.org.

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Tucson Water Wins 2024 Excellence in Equity Award

The Alliance for Water Efficiency AWE recently awarded Tucson Water the winner for providing a diversity of conservation incentives to support low-income communities in Tucson As one of Tucson Water s long-standing partners we are proud to be running efficiency and water conservation programs to create equity in our community discounted clothes washer installations…

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NASA Rain Gauge

NASA Precipitation Study

SERI received a $100,000 grant to study precipitation in Tucson. We invented a wooden mount that is easily installed on any kind of fence, so that participants did not have to install a wooden post. Now SERI has received a year’s worth of precipitation measurements from participants.

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April is National Fair Housing Month!

On April President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act FHA that protects people from being discriminated against because of their of race national origin color religion sex sexual orientation and gender identity familial status or disability People are protected by the FHA when they are renting or buying a home seeking a…

NFHA Fair Housing Trends Report

National Fair Housing Alliance “2023 Fair Housing Trends Report” Finds Highest Rise in Complaints

The National Fair Housing Alliance NFHA released their most recent report Fair Housing Trends Report which is part of their series of annual reports dating back to the mid- s Their recent report covers fair housing complaint data for highlights fair housing cases that were settled in FY and policy recommendations to combat the…