Get Ready for PowerShift '09

Passionate for the planet? Join our friends at the Energy Action Coalition for the PowerShift '09 conference, a national youth summit committed to solving the climate crisis now. It's being held in Washington, D.C. from February 27th to March 2nd.

Conference attendees will:

• Push the new Administration and Congress to pass bold, comprehensive, and just national climate legislation before entering international climate negotiations in December 2009 and to build and ratify a strong global climate agreement.
  
  
• Develop a comprehensive movement strategy for 1.) continued and increased political pressure and accountability and 2.) a uniform vision/direction that helps facilitate the development and implementation of individual and group action plans for the overall growth of the environmental movement.


• Strengthen bonds between diverse youth constituencies and train and empower participants with the skills needed to create one movement that tackles climate change, environmental injustice, and economic failure.


• Connect with fellow organizers and build community to strengthen the movement.
  
  
• Understand the magnitude of both the challenges and opportunities at hand (climate, socio-economic injustice, personal, etc.) and explore our own capacities to create transformative change.

PowerShift '09 is a great opportunity to take the momentum that drove record youth turnout on Election Day and use it to act on one of the most important issues facing us today. Make sure the new Administration takes action on the things that matter most to you - sign up here, and we'll see you in Washington.