Students for a Just and Stable Future
Pastor John Longworth spoke at the sleepout in Worcester, MA on October 23rd. Our message, commitment, and concern for humanity inspired him to feature us in his sermon on Sunday morning. I highly recommend you watch it. (Pastor John speaks … Continue reading
I was writing an application essay this afternoon for a graduate school fellowship, one that I arguably only have a reasonable chance of receiving because of the devotion and morality my work with SJSF has demonstrated. I hope you enjoy … Continue reading
Elections are right around the corner. There are a lot of opportunities for us to engage our peers, the public and our legislators on addressing climate change. At the sleep out many of us called our legislators to tell them … Continue reading
Thank you all who attended the Sleep Out last weekend! For those of you who couldn’t, you missed a great time! We had almost 70 students from across the state right here in Worcester! We rallied on Worcester Common where … Continue reading
On Thursday October 7 the Brandeis Chapter of SJSF and Brandeis Students for Environmental Action (SEA) hosted a Sleep Out on the campus main lawn. The event drew around seventy people over the course of the night with around twenty … Continue reading
Sunday, October 10th marked 350.org’s global “Get to Work Day,” the second international climate change action day organized by Bill McKibben’s grassroots organization. According to 350.org, 7347 events happened in 188 different countries, all with the goal of protesting climate … Continue reading
So, I was dancing at the UConn ballroom competition on 10/10/10, and thus could not partake in the many weatherizations and the such going on that day. To make up for this, I slept on Institute Park in Worcester with … Continue reading
This past Sunday afternoon, Greenpeace hosted a rally attended by many environmental groups from the area in honor of 10/10/10. We got passersby to sign a petition to shut down the Salem Harbor coal plant, the 3rd largest greenhouse gas … Continue reading
Today Western Mass had a great day at Puffer’s Pond getting people excited about letter writing! Shattering our goal, we had people write a total of 20 letters to State Senator Stanley Rosenberg, State Representative Ellen Story, and Governor Deval … Continue reading
(An article I wrote this week for WPI’s campus newspaper, the Towers) http://towers.wpi.edu/read/3084/Work-party!-Cutting-carbon-to-350 International day of climate action scheduled for 10-10-10 Katrina Crocker, Zakkai Kauffman-Rogoff Classes of 2012 and 2011 All across the world…increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms … Continue reading