It’s Getting Hot In Here

Yesterday I came back from Ohio jazzed about all of the great work and outcomes of the Power Shift Ohio Summit – movement building, training, campaign development, and real political impact!

Power Shift Ohio and West helped us conclude the regional summits with a bang, and when I returned to DC, I wondered what would come next.  I turned on my computer, started sifting through emails, Facebook messages, and Tweets, and WOW, did I find a lot.  So much that I’m afraid I can’t chronicle it all, but I do want to highlight a couple of the most immediate things.

• Tomorrow the Michigan Student Sustainability Coaliton and Detroit ASAP are hosting the 11th Hour Rally and March, and in two locations! Calling on Senators Stabenow and Levin to support strong legislation that will deliver clean energy jobs to hard hit areas like Detroit.
• On Nov 13th, in Connecticut there will be a March on CT Senators’ Hartford offices, and not a moment to late at Sen. Lieberman becomes a more influential deal-maker in the deliberations.  Follow @GreenKatCT on Twitter for more info.
• That same day in Pittsburgh, local youth and the Sierra Student Coalition will be meeting with staff of Senator Spector’s office.
• Further down the coast, on Nov. 21st, there will be a rally at the South Carolina State House to remind federal representatives what youth stand for: real climate solutions and action!
• And we can’t forget the Leadership Campaign in Massachussetts which continues to host weekly sleepouts Sunday nights on Boston Commons, refusing to sleep in homes or dorms powered by dirty energy, until the state legislature and Governor Patrick pass legislation that takes the state to 100% clean electricity by 2020!

Again, I know that I’m only skimming the surface, but I wanted to share some of the action.  If you are hosting an event, rally, call-in day, or anything else, let us know in the comments or by posting it on the developing online community, that allows others to see your events, join them, or get some ideas for events in their own community!  We need to keep it up, keep building stronger and louder, so that Congress and Obama clearly know that It’s Game Time.