Big Numbers Pouring In - A Power Vote Pledge Update and Re-cap from the National Call

You may have noticed that the Power Vote pledge counter dramatically jumped from 2,000 to 64,327 Power Vote Pledges! There have been hundreds of people out there for the past few days collecting pledges, but the sudden spike is actually a result of us fixing some technological glitches and updating the number. Volunteers have been working hard throughout the summer to get the numbers to as high as they are, and they should be proud! We’ve got a long way to go, but this is an incredible start, and we are ready to get going full steam ahead!

As the semester begins, we know that we are ready to jump out of the gates sprinting because we had roughly 100 people participate in our National Call last night! Those 100 people heard all about Power Vote, Energy Action and our movement from staff, students and community leaders, and are now equipped with the knowledge to take Power Vote to their campuses or communities and run with it. The size of this call set an Energy Action record and the level of energy matched it - Click here to listen to the call and here all the hootin’ and hollerin’ !!!

We are also updating the Leader’s HQ daily with new resources. Download the Power Vote Toolkit (in entirety or section by section), Pledge Sheets, sample raps and flyer templates!

About Whit

Whit recently graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, MN where he majored in International Relations and minored in Political Economy and Environmental Studies. While on campus, he and his friends worked to make Carleton carbon neutral by designing a Sustainability Revolving Fund, studying the feasibility of bringing new wind turbines to campus, and participating in Minnesota Campus Wars. He spent his summer organizing the March to ReEnergize Iowa, and is currently working on Power Shift 2007 and preparing for upcoming international climate negotiations in Bali as the Partnerships Coordinator for SustainUS