MASSPIRG at UMASS Dartmouth
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UMass Dartmouth is gearing up for an exciting new semester.
Students will be working on a variety of social issues ranging from
global warming, to hunger and homelessness, textbooks and higher
education affordability and AIDS awareness. Join the good fight and
get involved!
Weekly Meetings:Hunger & Homelessness/ AIDS Awareness: Tuesdays at 5:00
Campus Climate Challenge (global warming) Campaign: Wednesdays at 5 Both meetings are held in the MASSPIRG Office - Auditorium 205
Spring 2008 Upcoming
Events
Crude Impact, March 5: Come to a viewing of Crude Impact an award-winning
documentary film that explores the interconnection between human domination of
the planet, and the discovery and use of oil. Library Browsing Area, 6:00pm
Hoops for Hunger, March 25 & 26: Come ball up & fight hunger in our community by entering MASSPIRG's 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Its only $10 to enter & winners will receive a plaque and gift basket. Teams can be co-ed. Come sign up at our table Thursday, February 28th from 10am-2pm in the Campus Center or for more info email Tho at tpham@umassd.edu. Deadline to register is March 14th. Games will take place in the Outdoor Courts at 3:30pm, finals will be Wednesday same place same time.
Hunger Clean Up, April 5th: The Hunger Cleanup is a one-day
service a-thon, where students volunteer in the
community and get friends and family to sponsor
them. Volunteers help local agencies meet their
urgent needs, while also raising money to help
them keep operating. Register
now to volunteer with your local Hunger Cleanup. Look for the MASSPIRG team at UMass Dartmouth and help us meet our goal of raising $5000!
Massachusetts Power Shift, Aprill 11-14: Thousands of citizens from across Massachusetts and beyond are coming
to Boston to demand action from their elected representatives and learn
effective tools and strategies to utilize in their communities.
Citizens will engage in a weekend full of activities, including
workshops on climate organizing, city/town break-out sessions around
Green Jobs, and Soul Purpose Live: an afternoon rally on the Boston
Common complete with music, activism, and leadership. The weekend will
culminate on Monday with a lobbying push at the State House to pass the Global Warming Solutions Act which would reduce Massachusetts' Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80% below 1990 levels by the year 2050, and 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. Register now at www.masspowershift.org or for more information contact kavitha@masspirgstudents.org
Past Successes: GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT: With the bill nearing a vote in the Senate, the Campus Climate Challenge group swung into action and collected over 300 petition signatures. Students Taelor Conrad, Jonathan King and Andrew Jacobs went and hand-delivered over 700 signatures to Senator Montigny's office urging him to vote YES for the GWSA.
SPARE CHANGE DORM STORMS: The Hunger & Homelessness team hit the freshmen dorms and raised almost $100.
FOCUS THE NATION: UMass Dartmouth
joined over 1500 schools on this day for global warming discussion. Focus
the Nation was one of the largest teach-ins in history. Over 10,00 students were educated in Massachusetts alone. Here at UMass Dartmouth students heard from Representative Cabral and former Mayor of New Bedford John Bullard about local climate change and action, discussed the Chancellors Climate Commitment and attended an interactive symposium by the Panchamama Alliance.
TOY DRIVE: The Hunger & Homelessness group collected over 50 toys to donate the Conway House for the Holidays! GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT: Students collected over 400 petition signatures to deliver to Senator Montigny to urge him to pass an act that would make Massachusetts a front runner in fighting global warming.
Campaign Info
Hunger and Homelessness: This semester we will focus on providing service and
raising money for agencies working to serve the hungry and homeless, while we
help build better state policies for the future. Specifically, students can help raise money
for local and national agencies, volunteer at local shelters and soup kitchens,
raise awareness on campus and/or join homelessness organizations from around
the state to support increased funding for emergency assistance for families at
risk of homelessness.
Campus Climate Challenge: This campaign
is designed to set students up to lead the way in solving global warming. This semester students can help educate
fellow students about global warming, help UMass Dartmouth become a greener campus and
convince legislators to take action.
Affordable Textbooks: Students on average are spending $900 a year on
textbooks! That is too much. Students working on this campaign will work
on decreasing the price of textbooks on campus through asking professors to use
open textbooks (found online and are free!), spreading the word about UMass Dartmouth's
online bookswap and working to pass a state bill to decrease the cost of
textbooks.
New Voters Project: Young people tend not
vote, but the tide is starting to turn. Iowa and New Hampshire saw large youth voter turnouts
because organizations like PIRG were working to get out the vote! We can start making a difference here in Massachusetts by doing a big Get Out the Vote
Drive on campus, registering voters and working to institutionalize
registration on campus.
Contact: kavitha@masspirgstudents.org / 508-999-8169Visit our office in Auditorium Room 205 (from the lobby: go to the left, through the red door, and follow the footsteps!) 
Representative Cabral speaks on local climate change and action at Focus the Nation 
CCC students gather petition signatures to help pass the Global Warming Solutions Act 
Delivering over 700 petition signatures to Senator Montigny's office
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