Wege Speaker Series 2023
Energy Equity & Justice: Meeting in the Moment

The Wege Foundation presents its 26th Annual Speaker on April 20, 2023. This year’s lecturer will be the Honorable Shalanda H. Baker, Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy and Secretarial Advisor on Equity. Prior to her Senate confirmation, she served as the Nation’s first-ever Deputy Director for Energy Justice.

Director Baker was a Professor of Law, Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. She is also the co-founder and former co-director of the Initiative for Energy Justice, which provides technical law and policy support to communities on the front lines of climate change. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles as well as her recent book Revolutionary Power: An Activist’s Guide to the Energy Transition.

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Every spring since 1997, the Wege Foundation has invited scientists, authors and thinkers to present a free public lecture on environmental and social justice issues and their connection to healthy economies and communities. Although the Foundation’s founder Peter M. Wege passed away in 2014, his work lives on. A visionary and leader, Peter believed in planting seeds that develop leaders in health, education, arts and Economicology, a term he coined to connect environmental with economic issues.

The Wege Foundation’s main focus is Western Michigan, mainly in Grand Rapids. Peter M. Wege, founder of the family foundation, felt strongly about keeping the mission local because it honored the wishes of his father Peter Martin Wege, who created the Foundation’s resources. Peter Martin Wege founded Metal Office Furniture, today’s Steelcase, in 1912. His metal-working genius and entrepreneurial gifts started the company that became the world’s largest producer of office furniture.