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MASSPIRG at Westfield State College

We're off for summer break but we'll be back on campus in the fall!

In the mean time sign-up for information on our volunteer and internship opportunities next semester and learn more about our campaigns.

We're looking forward to hitting the ground running next year on our fall campaigns, and we hope to see you around!

Local Campaign Info and Meeting Times

Recent Update

MASSPIRG is a state wide student run organization working to solve real social problems from protecting the environment to making college more affordable to expanding public transit. We have had a lot of victories in our 25 years on campus. Just this month we passed a bill to secure $36 billion for the pell grant, the largest need based financial aid program in the country.

 

Check out the details at http://www.masspirgstudents.org/higher-ed/victory

 

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Here are a few of our accomplishments from this last year. 

 

New Voters Project:

•    3.4 million new young voters who turned out to vote on November 4th as compared to 2004
•    The young voters' share of the electorate also surpassed that of over 65 year olds
•    Here on campus we helped over 550 students register to vote
•    We also contacted close to 2000 students in the days before the election to remind them to vote through calls, emails and texts


Hunger and Homelessness:
•    We organized a Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to educate the student body on local, national, and international poverty issues. We had three guest speakers including the director of the Samaritan Inn, a professor and a homeless man come to speak to students.  We also showed the film "It Was a Wonderful Life," which follows 6 homeless women.
•    We collected 6 large bags of clothing with Circle K to donate to Goodwill
•    We collected and delivered boxes of canned food and office supplies to the Samaritan Inn

•    We participated in the National Hunger Cleanup and raised over $250 for the Samaritan Inn and visited the shelter multiple times.
•    We also had a “$ Week” where we asked every student to donate one dollar to support the homeless.


Campus Climate Challenge/Global Warming Solutions:
•    We organized a victory party for the passing of the Global Warming Solutions Act that passed this past summer. Representative Don Humason attended and Professor Carsten Braun gave a presentation on Climate Change.  We also had computers set up where students could figure out what their carbon footprint is.
•    We educated students on climate change and how they can decrease their impact on National Campus Sustainability Day
•    We collected over 100 signatures on a valentine that we delivered to Congressman Olver thanking him for supporting more funding for public transportation in the Economic Stimulus Package.
•    We attended Power Shift, a national climate change conference and had the opportunity to lobby our congressman in the Capitol and participate in a protest.
•    We held a call-in table and had over 50 students call Congressman Olver and over 100 students sign a petition for Senator Kerry to ask them to support a strong Economic Stimulus Package.
•    We educated students on why Mountaintop removal is dangerous and harmful to our environment.

Zero Waste:
•    We collected close to 100 petition signatures to send to Commissioner Burt to encourage her to add better recycling practices in the Solid Waste Master Plan.
•    We took pictures of over 30 students with our “Recycling Monster” to send to our representative to show that students support better recycling in Massachusetts.
•    We educated students on how they can decrease their waste and recycle more.

To find out more about more about MASSPIRG's accomplishments since we were founded in 1972 check out http://www.masspirgstudents.org/accomplishments

Does this look like something you want to get involved with? Want to make a difference on your campus?  Want to work on issues that you care strongly about?

 

Fill out the Information Session Form on the right!

 

Contact Info

Tracie Konopinski
Campus Organizer, Westfield State College

tracie@masspirgstudents.org

Office: Ely G60
(413) 572-5428
masspirg@wsc.ma.edu

Website:
www.masspirgstudents.org/westfield

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2216664253


Campus Volunteer and Internshi Opportunities

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