MassPIRG Kick-Off Meeting
If you’re interested in any of the following campaigns, a volunteer or a formal internship opportunity is an amazing prospect for you. Come to our kick-off meeting if you’re interested and find out more.
-Stopping Global Warming Starts Here/Campus Climate Challenge: Lower the effects of global warming by starting close to home. This campaign urges the campus to conserve energy and use clean, renewable energy sources.
-Hunger and Homelessness and Darfur: Community outreach projects and communication with politicians to take care of the hungry and homeless. Also included is work for Darfur, the genocide in Sudan, and lobbying to the United Nations.
-Water Watch: Preserve and clean-up local water sources. This campaign ranges from water testing to advocacy and policy changing. Also included is work to preserve and maintain parks and forests.
-Affordable Textbooks: This project works on making textbooks and higher education in general more affordable for students, including work on student debt. Current goals include passing a bill in the Statehouse this session to lower the cost of textbooks for students.
Come check us out and bring some friends. We're a ton of fun.
