Posted by Kat on 12 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: CCAN Event, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Virginia, climate change, students
Of the many amazing things I get to do as CCAN’s Virginia campus organizer, one extra bit of inspiration is how often I find myself driving along a beautiful back road and am struck by the incredible views all around me. To think that in areas of Virginia those mountains and the communities surrounding them [...]
Posted by Peebles on 28 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: CCAN Event, climate change, global warming, students
cross posted from thinkaboutit.eu
This weekend, in conjunction with 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action, more than 100 students from across the Commonwealth of Virginia converged on the campus of George Mason University in order to plan the next phase in the fight for a clean and responsible future for Virginia the United States, and the [...]
Posted by Leslie on 27 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Maryland, climate change
Over a hundred students gathered at the University of Maryland, College Park over the weekend for the first ever Maryland Power Shift. The participants, from over fifteen different Maryland and D.C. schools, gathered on Saturday to participate in the 350.org International Day of Action in D.C. and on Sunday for a conference on grassroots organizing [...]
Posted by ethan on 05 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Coal, Maryland, Videos, Washington, DC, climate change, global warming, students
Check out this awesome speach by Ethan Nuss, CCAN Maryland Campus Organizer, at the Power Shift 09 Rally on the Capitol Lawn.
Posted by susanna on 01 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Coal, Virginia
It’s no secret that Virginia’s General Assembly is overly influenced by coal interests. Northern Virginia’s Dick Saslaw has accepted $85,000 contributions from Dominion Power and their investment has paid off. Over the years he has blocked any action to regulate the coal industry, and this year he even stepped up to block an [...]
Posted by susanna on 22 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Washington, DC, students
Photo by Matt Stern
The throngs of people who came to celebrate the Inauguration have left all of us at CCAN immensely inspired and hopeful that we share a vision of a new country and a new plan to move forward. They may have snarled our transportation lines, they may have crashed our phone systems [...]
