Bay Localize | Rooted in Resilience Legacy

Core members of the Bay Localize, Rooted in Resilience, and Local Clean Energy Alliance crew, reuniting at our Celebrating Resilience sendoff gathering at the PLACE for Sustainable Living in July 2019.

Welcome to the legacy website for Bay Localize and Rooted in Resilience! Founded in 2006, this small, but mighty group of local advocates helped catalyze a movement for more equitable, resilient communities throughout the Bay Area and beyond. The organization was instrumental in launching powerful, cross-sector collaboratives and initiatives, including the Campaign for Bay Area Localization, the Rooftop Resources Project, Local Clean Energy Alliance, and the Resilient Communities Initiative, among others.

With a vision of empowering communities to assume local control over vital resources to ensure fair housing, meaningful work, quality food, clean air, water, and energy for all, Bay Localize / Rooted in Resilience played a leading role as movement convener, project initiator, and campaign coordinator until it wound down operations in early 2019. This website is designed to tell Our Story of our vision and work, honor the many Partners and Allies who played central roles along the way, and provide access to our enduring Tools and Resources to help you and your community become more just and resilient in the face of growing climate, energy, and economic challenges.

Thank you for all the years of love, connection, and action!

– The Bay Localize / Rooted in Resilience Steering Committee*

* Please see below for an historic roster of our Co-Founders, prior Steering Committee members, core staff and interns/fellows who made it all happen over the years!

Key Tools for Action

Use Your Roof Guidebook

Community Resilience Toolkit

Map Your Future Toolkit

More Tools

Co-Founders

Aaron Lehmer-Chang	Dave Room	Kirsten Andrews-Schwind	Ingrid Severson-Tondre
Allyse Heartwell	Brian Holland

Aaron Lehmer-Chang

Steering Committee Members & Core Staff

Nile Malloy	Rosa Gonzalez	Colin Miller	Corrine Van Hook-Turner
Linda Currie	Joana Cruz	Al Weinrub	Shreya Shankar
Phoenix Armenta	Brandi Mack	Nahal Ghoghaie Ipakchi	Jessica Tovar
Sylvie Heiman	Adam Bad Wound	Ingrid Jacobson	Carla Mays
Tressa Berman	Grace Chuang

Interns and Fellows

Leah Fessenden	Jenni Abdullah	Melody Mo	Mareesa Valentine
Brenna Young	Kay Cuajunco	Tad Veltrop	Beverly Pitzer
Maya Donelson	Mayoor Steinberg	Rachel Ortega	Shelly Woo
Eva Farah	Jan Cox Golovich	Maiha McGee	Rebecca Eiseman
Bianca Taylor	Sasha Goodall	Sarah Isbitz	Claudia Abbott-Barish
Graham Lierley	Francesca Francia	Ashley Weiss	Malik Hogan
Pa Dwe	Jesús Cruz