Powershift 2009

We would be amiss as an environmental organization not to recognize the tremendous movement for a "Power shift" which occurred February 27- March 2 in support of a clean energy America. Our state can be proud of the 153 students who attended from Connecticut College, placing their school third for high attendance, after UVM and Middlebury. The Powershift 2009 conference was the second of its kind, following Powershift 2007 last November. The format of the conference includes speakers from environmental and political organizations and smaller group workshops. On Saturday, February 28, breakout sessions were held for each state so that all attendees from the same state could meet each other and build a coalition. The conference culminated in training for a lobby day at the Capitol on Monday, March 2. Students are encouraged to monitor the legislators they met with on the lobby day by sending letters, postcards, photo-petitions, and phone calls. In addition, they are encouraged to invite them to their campuses during the recess April 6th-17th. I will follow up with the results of the CT break out session when my correspondence with conference attendees is complete.