This Week in Power Vote – Appalachian State Jumps to #1 with 500 Pledges

It was late Friday afternoon. I was tired from a week of promoting Power Vote in North Carolina and South Carolina. I had less than 30 minutes to catch a flight to Michigan, but I just couldn’t help logging into our Power Update database to see how the campaign was going. And I’m glad I did, because I got to see this!

We have a new Weekly Power Vote record holder! Appalachian State University, lead by the fearless Rio Tazewell, bumped Cornell out of #1 with a whopping 500 pledge cards in one week (at a school of 14,000). And they are building their group from the ground up.

Cornell remains in first place with 789 pledges. Whose going to beat Cornell and App State this week, or will they remain on top?

In other news, Keene State scored an incredible media hit in the Keene Sentinel.

WHAT’S POWER VOTE? If you’re not following the revolution, Power Vote is a campaign to engage 1,000,000 people in fight against global warming by educating our communities, doing media, and making sure that we all vote for clean energy candidates this November. Wanna get involved? Register a new group to get involved and then download our awesome campaign tools.

HOW DID WE GET ALL THIS INFO? Every week, more and more leaders across the country are tracking their success through Power Update, www.powervote.org/update. Through this system, we help you keep track of your goals and send you updates on your progress, as well as our national progress.

MORE AWESOME STATS!!!!

21 schools broke 100 pledges
10 schools broke 200
5 broke 300

TOP OVERALL PLEDGER – Cornell University – 789

THIS WEEKS TOP PLEDGES
500 Pledges – Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
358 Pledges – University of TN Knoxville
354 Pledges – Cornell University
311 Pledges – Rice University

TOP WEEKLY PLEDGING AS PERCENTAGE OF CAMPUS/COMMUNITY
7.8% – Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan
6.2% – Rice University, Houston, TX
5.8% – American University, Washington, DC
4.2% – Clafflin University, Orangeburg, SC

About Josh

A self described "professional rabble-rouser," Josh brings his ethic of stirring up the system to his work with the Energy Action Coalition. Josh is currently the Field Director for Energy Action Coalition and the Power Vote Campaign and he is working every day to get young people out to vote for Clean and Just Energy this November. Previous to EAC, Josh served as Deputy Director for Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), where he coordinated campaigns to promote solutions to global warming across the Chesapeake region. Recent victories include the Healthy Air Act, the Maryland Clean Cars Bill, and numerous clean energy policies at colleges across the region.