Leap Into Action: Mountain Justice Spring Break Part 1 Starts Saturday!

Mountain Justice Spring Break 2008, March 1-9 in southwest Virginia, will bring you face to face with the devastating effects of mountain top removal and coal industry abuse, and give you the skills and knowledge you need to fight back! Through education, community service, speakers, hiking, music, poetry, direct action and more, you will join local communities in the struggle to maintain their land and culture. People can attend for part or all of the program, and costs are very modest – find out more and register(!!!) today.

I believe that MJSB is the single greatest opportunity all year to catalyze the analysis and leadership we need in order to win the struggle for a clean energy future. Join me and the rest of the MJSB Planning Collective next week. It will change your life.

About Mattie

Mattie is the Coordinator of the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition, based in Columbus. He founded OSEC at Power Shift 07, and is proud to support a growing statewide network of student groups working for a clean, safe, and just future for all. Mattie originally got involved as a Syracuse University student who saw a pressing need for climate action, later as an Energy Justice Network intern who began to realize the human impacts of coal, and finally as an OSEC organizer committed to building an economy and climate worth fighting for. He also has a degree in women's studies and sociology, is a founding member of the Mountain Justice Spring Break Planning Collective and an intentional community in Columbus, and is the convener of the Energy Action Coalition's Dismantling Oppression working group.

Live updates from the field

Lunatic Fringe Watch: Wing Nuts Unleashed on ACES Climate Bill http://tinyurl.com/ml5tv5 @nrdcswitchboard 22 hours ago

RT @PowerPastCoal A beautiful essay on the Navajo fight against coal by Black Mesa native Marie Gladue: http://tiny.cc/rOwBb 1 day ago

I love this - Weekly musical news round-up including house #climatebill debate: http://bit.ly/YkEcX 1 day ago

Interesting conversation about EAC and IGHIH. http://tinyurl.com/nra3e4 Before we respond, I'm curious to know what y'all think. 1 day ago

At the @Neworganizing Bootcamp Career Fair recruiting organizers. Does that read a little redundant to anyone else? 3 days ago

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