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Power Shift 2007
This November 2-5, thousands of people of all ages converged on Washington, D.C. for Power Shift 2007, the first national youth summit to solve the climate crisis. Earth Day Network, who was a Gold Sponsor dedicated to voter registration training and has facilitated the entire Education track at the conference, helped lead a coalition of groups to bring the youth climate movement together for the first time. Around 6,000 individuals of all backgrounds, seeked to build a clean energy economy, achieve energy independence, create millions of green jobs, increase global equity, and revitalize the American economy through:
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- Making the U.S. Presidential candidates and Congress take global warming seriously- We have the opportunity to drastically affect the 2008 Presidential Election and ensure our next president puts us on a path to stopping climate change.
- Empowering a truly diverse network of young leaders- We must diversify our movement to include every community in America and shift our culture towards one of sustainability and justice for everyone, overcoming traditional racial, ethnic, geographic, and ideological divisions.
- Achieving broad geographic diversity- We want this convergence to represent nearly every Congressional district in the U.S. in order to demand scientifically based solutions.
Voter Registration at Power Shift
Earth Day Network offered the thousands of student activists attending Power Shift 2007 tools to help them spread the message of civic participation and empowerment to their friends and colleagues back home. EDN, in conjunction with Wellstone Action!, an organization dedicated to leadership training and development for the progressive movement, will conduct voter registration and mobilization training specifically tailored for energizing the youth vote. Dozens of the student activists attended the trainings to gain civic skills that will be viral and long lasting.
For more information about the Earth Day Network/Wellstone Action! Voter registration and mobilization trainings at PowerShift, contact Vivian Buckingham, Director of EDN’s Campaign for Communities, at Buckingham - at- earthday.net.
Conference Highlights:
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Key Speakers
Carol Gilligan, former head of the EPA;
Gillian Caldwell, co-founder of WITNESS and Director of 1 Sky Campaign;
Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx;
Van Jones, President of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights;
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and founder of Step It Up.
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Panels:
Green Your School: Moderated by EDN Director of Education, Sean S. Miller, other panels include:
Growing Green Jobs,
Future Impacts of Climate Change: Adapting to a New Climate,
Student Success Stories,
The Soul of Environmentalism: A Call for Deep Change Solutions,
Which Presidential Candidates Will Be Climate Heroes in 2008?
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Workshops:
EDN’s NCEP Teacher, Andy Stephens, will offer Organizing in the Classroom: Teacher's Perspective, while two of his students will present The Student's Perspective
Education for Sustainability,
Eliminating Oppression in the Classroom,
Greening the Supply Chain,
LEED for Higher Education,
Healthy Food at Schools
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For more information, contact our Director of Education, Sean S. Miller at miller -at- earthday.net or 202-518-0044.
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