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