[Save] Sierra Student Coalition's Environmental Activist Training

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Learn How to Deal Out a Serious Smackdown to Corporate Polluters and the 
Bush Administration in 7 Bucolic Summer Days! 

Attend the Sierra Student Coalition's Environmental Activist Training 
Program in the Poconos (Northeastern Pennsylvania) from May 17-
23.                 
                                                                             
                             
                                                                            
Fed up with the Bush Administration's assault on the environment?

Ready to throw a wrench in Big Businesses anti-environmental agenda? 

Itching to join the fight for 
wilderness?                                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
Whether you're just getting involved or looking to hone your skills as an 
organizer, the SSC's summer training is for you.                          
                                                                             
Organizing is a skill like any other and it can be learned.
                                                                             
Join college activists from across the East Coast for 7 days in the Poconos, 
learning kick-ass organizing skills, discussing the issues, eating great 
veggie and vegan food, swimming, hiking, and of course spending time with 
some of the coolest folks on the planet.                  
                                                                             
                                                                            
Don't wait! Register Now!
                                                                  
Visit www.ssc.org. The program is limited to 40 participants so register 
online today. The deadline is May 1. The cost of the program is $78. If 
you're not a Sierra Club member, you'll need to join (either at the training 
or online). You can pay with a credit card through our secure system, or 
send a check to 408 C St NE, Washington, DC 20002. Checks should be made out 
to the Sierra Student Coalition.                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
Please don't let money concerns be a reason not to apply. If you'd like to 
apply for a need based fee waiver or a travel scholarship, please call Erika 
Park at the SSC's national office at 1-888-JOIN-
SSC.                                               
                                                                             
                                                                          
                                                                             
What do we cover?                                                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
Organizing 101          
                                                    
How to start and run an effective organization. We cover everything from 
recruiting folks for the first meeting, to running a meeting, to developing 
new leaders to ensure that your organization persists from year to year.    
                                                                             
                                                                             
Communication Skills
                                                        
How to say what you mean with confidence and persuasion be it to the media, 
an elected official, the public and your fellow 
students.                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
Campaign Organizing
                                                         
How to plan, implement, and run an effective environmental campaign. We 
teach the most essential skills needed to effect real social and 
environmental change.                                                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
Environmental Issues     
                                                   
Once you have the skills, we help you find an issue you would like to use   
them for -- public lands, global warming, trade, human rights and the 
environment, you name 
it.                                                                
                                                                             
                                                                             
Of course, the program isn't all work and no play. No way. The week is 
filled with hikes, swimming, good veggie and vegan food, and (as we said 
before) some of the coolest folks on 
Earth.                                                                      
                                                                             
The program, May 17 - 23, will be held at the Kirkwood Retreat Center, 
nestled in a hidden valley in the foothills of the Poconos near Stroudburg, 
PA. Hiking trails wind through laurel hammocks, pine forests, and strands of 
hardwood. 

Please contact Rachel Ackoff at rachel.ackoff at ssc.org or 909.964.9547 with 
questions! 

See you in the Poconos! 

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