I Know What You’re Doing This Summer « It’s Getting Hot In Here

The world is in our hands No, it’s not the latest installment of trashy teen horror flicks. It’s a call to keep organizing for climate solutions this summer.

Consider the incredible progress youth have made so far this school year: fighting scores of coal, oil, liquefied natural gas and other fossil fuel facilities; achieving amazing campus, city and statewide victories for advancing just climate policies and practices; making climate a major issue in the presidential campaigns; engaging with Congress hundred of times throughout the year to hold them accountable for dealing with global warming; the list goes on. You need only to read over the other posts here to find stories of young people building momentum and creating solutions for a just and sustainable future.

We all know that there will be a frenzy of activity in the fall around the elections, which present an incredible opportunity to elect climate champions and shift the federal and local approaches to tackling global warming. As youth we have become a coveted demographic for the campaigns and have the opportunity to determine the outcome of elections across the country. It will be exciting and exhilarating.

But what about this summer? I already told you that I know what you’re doing this summer. You and young people like you all across the country will be devoting their summer to organizing for climate solutions. This will keep the momentum from this school year going and will help us engage even more people in the fall. There are opportunities to attend:

trainings and build your skills and ability to make greater change;
actions across the country which will mobilize against the expansion of fossil fuels;
organizing programs where you can devote your whole summer to working in a community building local climate solutions
cultural events where you can connect with other young people and incorporate music, art, performance into the work this movement is doing (because after all a revolution without dancing isn’t worth fighting for).

Check out the Summer Opportunities page and make your summer part of building a just and sustainable future.

About Juliana

Juliana Williams grew up in Bellevue, Washington and graduated from Whitman College in 2007 with a degree in geology. Juliana began organizing in 2004, working to get her campus to purchase renewable energy. She volunteered with the Sierra Student Coalition for three years and co-organized the first Northwest Climate Justice Summit in 2007. This summer she helped organize the SSC's March to ReEnergize Iowa, a four day march from Ames to Des Moines calling for smart national action on global warming. She currently works for the SSC as their Midwest Campus Organizer, supporting amazing students in MN, WI, IA, IL and MO working on global warming campaigns. Besides fighting the good fight against global warming, Juliana is an avid ultimate player, plays her string bass and spends way too much time on wikipedia.

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