From
April 15th to the 18th I attended Power Shift with 10,000
other students from across the nation.
Power
Shift 2011 was the third national youth summit on climate change and includes
motivational speakers,
workshops, and panels. Together we took a
stand against big polluters and demanded for a clean energy future.
For my
internship I was a Power Shift coordinator. My responsibility was to organize a
campaign for Power Shift at the
University
of Vermont.
This included everything from distributing petitions, registering students,
hosting weekly meetings,
and contacting businesses for
donations. I also was responsible for figuring out logistics regarding
transportation, housing,
and food. The University of Vermont
had 70 registrants travel to Washington DC for conference!
Contact Information:
John Armstrong
john@greencorps.org