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28 Out of a Million

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

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!

About Mattie

Matt/Mattie Reitman got introduced to energy and climate work as an undergrad at Syracuse University, where he helped start a successful campaign to get the university to buy 20% clean renewable energy. At the time, this put SU amongst the top 25 renewables purchasers in the country. Mattie is focused on building the youth climate movement in Ohio, fighting proposed dirty energy facilities, and building campus-community solidarity. He has a degree in women's studies and sociology, and lives in Columbus, Ohio.