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Mobilizing Young Voters with National Wildlife Federation

 
Green Corps organizer Susan Hildebrand is working with student leaders in Wisconsin to make climate a relevant and prominent issue in the 2008 election.

When National Wildlife Federation wanted to mobilize youth voters around climate change through Energy Action Coalitions’ Power Vote Campaign, they called on Green Corps.

On campuses and in communities nationwide, youth are leading the way in responding to the global climate crisis. Power Vote is a national non-partisan effort spearheaded by the Energy Action Coalition that seeks to elevate the issue of climate change in the 2008 election by mobilizing one million young “climate voters.” To do this, the Energy Action Coalition and its more than forty partner organizations are organizing young people across the United States to pledge their vote "for clean and just energy.” Through the 2008 election cycle, Power Vote will make climate a relevant and prominent issue—engaging 1,000,000 young voters, organizing high-visibility actions, and sending a loud and clear message to those elected that young people expect bold action in addressing climate change.

Green Corps is working with National Wildlife Federation, an active member of Energy Action Coalition, to train hundreds of new youth leaders on more than 80 campuses this fall. They are collecting Power Vote pledges, organizing educational events and coordinated national “days of action,” and training a new generation of youth climate activists.

 


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“I never imagined that at age 22 I would be running an environmental campaign that would influence presidential candidates to pledge their support for a clean energy future.  Green Corps gives you an incredible amount of responsibility, and the opportunity to create real change.”

- Mary Rafferty, Green Corps Class of 2008

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