In February 2021 the Olympia Community Solar team supported Media Island International to replace their roof and install a 9.3 kW solar photovoltaic system.  

Media Island International is a Black Led cultural, educational, and networking center whose focus is to support women of color in their leadership while working with other like-minded individuals and groups who do conscious social justice activism. MII also chooses to support education, organizing and movement building, as well as independent progressive investigative journalism. Learn more about the nonprofit at www.mediaislandinternational.org or Donate directly to Media Island International.

The solar installation will cover 75% of Media Island’s electricity, saving them over $60,000 in the coming decades. Each year this solar installation will prevent pollution equivalent to planting 16,000 trees or not burning almost 6,000 pounds of coal.

Special Thanks to: Shawna Hawk, Director of Media Island International, South Sound Solar, The Hammond Foundation Solar Moonshot Program, The TransAlta Coal Transition Fund, Charles Fisher, TopWeather Roofing and Donors: 

Jace Fern, Randi Covin, Nancy Thall, Helenna Lant, Abby Coleman, Chris van Daalen, Westley du Pont, David Albert, Eva Donjacour, Amanda Meyer, Phoe-nix Nebula, Melissa Hammond, Meg Martin, Carolee Johnson, Lisa Strange, Jennea Wood, Elisa Sparkman, Darcy Huffman, Tambra Donohue, Nomy Lamm, Henry Lorang, Robert Berman, Nora Edge, Sara Lewis, Lisa Ganser, Jacob Dinklage, Howard Rosenfeld, Amanda Padgett, Andrea Williams, Raven Hennessey-Swing, Alden Davis, Mo Dole, Molly Voris, Ashley Campbell, Dave Harvey, Michelle Conrow, Jessica Faye, Ken Burch, Ellen Sanchez, September Yew, Alyssa Lyon, Marcy LaViollette, Laura Leister, Cindy Cameron, Sophie Krauza, Pit Kwiecinski, Noah Weiner, Arielle Marie, Daniela Rolph, Warren Neth, Dan Golden, Mel Formicivorus, Dustin Zemel, Melo Rose, Amy troyer-Karas, Lisa Delan, Kelsey Greenwood, Collin Parks, Avery Horton, Lucas Snider, Kelsey Smith, Needle Scart, Claire Tucker Peters, Paula Jellis, Katilda Nash, Eva Donjacour, Sierra Nevada, Craig Hymson, Collin Parks, Gabriel Mbowe, Scott Dubble, Lorna Koestner.