Two Birds, One Stone: The Civic Justice Corps Engage in Green Building
An overview of the Civic Justice Corps initiative within the Corps Network, with examples from corps around the country.
The Civic Justice Corps (CJC) is an innovative strategy for reengaging court-involved and formerly incarcerated youth and young adults, but the service completed by CJC Corpsmembers is also an innovative strategy for impacting other problems such as climate change and high energy bills facing low-income home owners. Whether it be building new low-income homes and buildings or retrofitting existing homes, members of the Civic Justice Corps are ”greening” and revitalizing neighborhoods across the country.
Green home construction is one of the most common service projects for Civic Justice Corps sites. American Youth Works in Austin, TX, Operation Fresh Start in Madison, WI, and Lowcountry Civic Justice Corps in Charleston, SC, all complete service projects with some aspect of green home construction.
