The Campaign
Power Shift '09 is a campaign fueled by young people across the country to DEMAND BOLD ACTION on CLIMATE AND ENERGY in 2009. We are urging President Obama and the Congress to pass a strong and comprehensive climate and energy plan by December that creates millions of new jobs, ends our dependence on dirty energy, brings America lasting security and reduces harmful global warming pollution.
We are inheriting an economy and climate in crisis, and if Obama and Congress don’t act NOW, WE will be the ones who pay.
After 9/11, we volunteered to help those affected and we served in uniform. After Katrina, we spent our vacations rebuilding homes and served back in our own communities. And in ’08, we volunteered for campaigns, filled polling booth lines, and rocked the political establishment. Now, WE are the ones struggling to pay our bills, find decent jobs, and pay off our loans. And if we don't act soon on climate change, WE will be the ones who will pay the price for more storms like Katrina, more wildfires like California, and more resource wars like Darfur.
If we act NOW, we can re-power our economy with clean energy jobs…But Obama and Congress can’t do it alone.
As the nations of the world prepare to meet in Copenhagen this December to negotiate a binding global climate treaty, Obama and Congress have the chance NOW to pass a comprehensive climate and energy plan for America, and they need our help. We can turn our schools into thriving centers for energy innovation, education, and workforce training. We can put America back to work weatherizing every home, installing solar panels on every roof, and slashing our nation's electric bill. And we can send President Obama to Copenhagen this December with the commitment of America to lead the world toward a fair, ambitious, & binding global climate treaty.
So here’s our game plan: Tell Obama & Congress we want a clean energy jobs bill NOW, and remind them THEIR jobs depend on it.
The dirty energy industry has spent millions of dollars and countless hours lobbying, wheeling and dealing. Luckily, more young voters turned out in 2008 than ever before, and nothing can silence the voices of an entire generation. It’s our jobs, our future, and OUR time to speak up. We'll set up phone booths in our campus & town squares and flood every Congressional office with calls until every phone is ringing off the hook. We’ll put the heat on our Senators in their hometown newspapers with an explosion of Letters to the Editor. And across the country, we’ll rally at Power Shift Regional Summits and show our leaders the strength of our movement.
