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28 Out of a Million

Published by Mattie Reitman, August 30th, 2008 Events , global warming , Politics , Power Vote 2 Comments

Today I got 28 Power Vote pledge cards signed by a wide range of excited people from 13 different schools, including people from middle schoolers to overhearing parents. Yesterday Ohio Power Voters dropped a banner at McCain’s VP rally in Dayton, and today 3 of us canvassed the crowd at Obama and Biden’s tour stop here in Columbus.

Now we’ve got dozens more people to develop into leaders and invite to the 2nd annual Ohio Area Student Environmental Summit in 2 weeks.

Also, wearing a Power Vote shirt was very effective. People even came up and asked me about the campaign – that’s never happened to me before.

So that’s what I did for Power Vote today. What did you do?

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1 Aaron Petcoff Aug 30th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Yes! I knew that I saw a Powervote banner on TV (CSPAN, I can’t find any recordings that start early enough to catch it)! I didn’t see anything about it. I thought I was going crazy. Way to go!
2 John Doyle Aug 31st, 2008 at 11:51 am

Good stuff! keep spreading the stories for encouragement! In that spirit, UMBC powervoters just racked up 60+ at the Baltimore Farmer’s Market this morning. Keep going strong everybody!

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About Mattie

Mattie is a member of the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition's Steering Committee, an organization he founded at Power Shift 07. He 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 Anti-Oppression working group.

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