States

Get Connected and Make Change at the State Level!

Southern Energy Network has helped build and will continue to support state student networks in five Southern states: Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida; and is working on building networks in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Kentucky. Get connected to your state network and join a supportive community of regional youth committed to building a clean energy future in your state! Share resources, leverage your collective power beyond campus, and help fight dirty energy facilities by supporting good local and state energy policies. Most state networks have annual or bi-annual state summits, days of action, and lots of opportunities for leadership!

Highlights from States & State Networks

• The Florida Student Green Energy Fund Coalition is continuing to push to get renewable energy on their campuses. University of Florida, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, and New College have both passed all the way through their Board of Trustees. Students at UCF, FIU, FSU, FAU, and UWF are all working to pass initiatives on their campuses, while across the state they prepare to get a Renewable Energy Fund bill passed through the state legislature. With recent approval by the Florida Student Association, students are empowered to take it to the state!
• Georgia student Kelsea Norris was quoted in an LA Times article about Power Shift and young climate activists' waning support for President Obama's energy policies: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-volunteers-20....
• Anita Poushan from FL, Adelaide Abele from AL, and Kelsea Norris from GA all served as Lead Trainers for the Power Shift 2011 Movement Building Training. More than two dozen students from GA, FL, SC, and NC served as coaches and facilitators for the training.