Both Hunger and Homelessness and Climate are tabling today.
HH - Guess how much all this food costs! Table. From 11am-1pm on Trousdale
CCC - Thank you administrators for making a sustainability committee! Table. Same time? On Trousdale as well.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
VOTE in the USG Elections!
Vote tomorrow, Tuesday the 19th until Thursday the 21st for your upcoming USG Senators (Res/Greek/Commuter) and also for the next President and Vice President of USG!
You don't matter if you don't vote, so go and do it, get some free food, and then get a coupon so you can get some free In-N-Out. Seriously, it takes like 5 minutes of your time max.
Why yes, Nelson, I love voting!
Also, I'll take this space to announce that I (as an individual obviously, and not on behalf of USC Calpirg) am endorsing Rachel Smith for Senator. Still undecided for the Presidential ticket.
Spring 08 Statewide Retreat Agenda
SATURDAY 02/23/08
10am: Intros
10:45am: Recent campaign updates:
* NVP – youth vote turns out in record numbers, candidates recognize PIRG – Danny
* Global warming – where are we going from here – AB 32 implementation, clean cars, high speed rail, more solar, etc.) – Jason
11:15am: Issue Briefings from our Experts – the problems we're tackling.
* What's Wrong with Our Health Care System and How to Fix it (Mike)
* Protecting Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and other State/National Parks (Gina)
* How to Reduce Global Warming Pollution 80% by 2050 (Jason)
* Solar: The Next Frontier (Bernadette)
* Protecting Our Oceans From Trash and Other Nasty Stuff (Dan)
* How to Make Textbooks Free (Danny/Laura)
* High Speed Rail for California (Emily)
* Mortgage Lending – Preventing the Next Crisis (Pedro)
12pm: The Summer Canvass
* Start out with a little context – Elana
* Campaigns under consideration by Environment California/CALPIRG
1pm: LUNCH
2:00pm: Skills Sessions
* Lobbying 101 (Steve with Gina and Jeremy)
* Public Speaking – Delivering a Statement at a News Conference (there's a transit report release coming up on March 6th that campuses will help release.
* Leading a CALPIRG Campus Chapter – (Danny)
o Skills 2: Coordinating a Statewide Campaign – (Danny)
* Visibility: How to make your campaign known on campus (Tara)
* Working with Student Government (Laura)
o Skills 2: Recruitment/Leadership Development (Laura)
* Knowing the Target of Your Campaign (powermapping) (Dan)
* Planning a News Conference (Jason)
* Building a Coalition for Your Campaign (Bernadette)
* Leadership Training for the Summer Canvass – basic FM skills
* How to bump up your average
* How to run a kick-ass petition gathering event?
* Something on interviewing
2:45pm: Skills Sessions 2 (Repeat)
* Lobbying 101 (Steve with Gina and Jeremy)
* Public Speaking – Delivering a Statement at a News Conference (Pedro and Mike)
* Skills 2: Coordinating a Statewide Campaign – (Danny)
* Digital Organizing: Using Facebook, Youtube, and your chapter website for victory (James)
* Visibility: How to make your campaign known on campus (Tara)
* Recruitment/Leadership Development (Laura)
* Time Management (Amy)
* Knowing the Target of Your Campaign (powermapping) (Dan)
* Planning a News Conference (Jason)
* Building a Coalition for Your Campaign (Bernadette)
* How to be a Great Campaign Coordinator (Sujatha)
3:30pm: Break
3:45pm: Campaign Breakouts – planning the next couple of months.
* High speed rail (campus and canvass) Dan/Emily
* Hunger and homelessness (students) Ramneek/Laura
* Oceans (students and canvas) ?
* Global warming (students and maybe canvass) Ruchika Maybe Jason
* Textbooks (students) Tessa/Tara
* NVP (students) Danny/Sujatha/Nelson
* Healthcare Mike
* Maybe Democracy Now Dallas?
5pm: Each group will pick a spokesperson to present their goals/top priorities to the rest of the group.
Wrap-up at 5:30pm. Dinner at USC.
Sunday 02/24/08
9:00 AM Intros. Personal highlights for the semester
9:10 Budget Discussion. Danny provides general overview of the F08-09 Budget
9:30 AM How to raise more revenue to cut the deficit down. The 5 Ways
10:00 AM Begin discussion of line-items, what we may have to cut and why. Increase in supplies/copies.
10:30 AM Budget discussion end. Roll Call. Begin process of granting provisional board members to LACC. LACC Reps present case
10:35 AM Bring to vote.
10:45 AM Danny provides intro to Elections, function of EC, rules, format
10:50 AM Mike provides what we're looking for in the EC, what an EC can do and what is has done
10:55 AM Chair nominations (5 min.). Each candidate will have a 2 minute speech (5 candidates x 2 minutes = 10 total). After all have gone, a 5 minute Q & A session. 10 minutes of discussion
11:25 AM Vice Chair nominations (5 min.). Each candidate will have a 2 minute speech (5 candidates x 2 minutes = 10 total). After all have gone, a 5 minute Q & A session. 10 minutes of discussion
11:55 AM Break (5 minutes)
12:00 PM At large nominations (5 min.). Each candidate will have a 1.5 minute speech (6 candidates x 1.5 minutes = 9 total). After all have gone, a 5 minute Q & A session. 10 minutes of discussion
12:30 PM end
10am: Intros
10:45am: Recent campaign updates:
* NVP – youth vote turns out in record numbers, candidates recognize PIRG – Danny
* Global warming – where are we going from here – AB 32 implementation, clean cars, high speed rail, more solar, etc.) – Jason
11:15am: Issue Briefings from our Experts – the problems we're tackling.
* What's Wrong with Our Health Care System and How to Fix it (Mike)
* Protecting Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and other State/National Parks (Gina)
* How to Reduce Global Warming Pollution 80% by 2050 (Jason)
* Solar: The Next Frontier (Bernadette)
* Protecting Our Oceans From Trash and Other Nasty Stuff (Dan)
* How to Make Textbooks Free (Danny/Laura)
* High Speed Rail for California (Emily)
* Mortgage Lending – Preventing the Next Crisis (Pedro)
12pm: The Summer Canvass
* Start out with a little context – Elana
* Campaigns under consideration by Environment California/CALPIRG
1pm: LUNCH
2:00pm: Skills Sessions
* Lobbying 101 (Steve with Gina and Jeremy)
* Public Speaking – Delivering a Statement at a News Conference (there's a transit report release coming up on March 6th that campuses will help release.
* Leading a CALPIRG Campus Chapter – (Danny)
o Skills 2: Coordinating a Statewide Campaign – (Danny)
* Visibility: How to make your campaign known on campus (Tara)
* Working with Student Government (Laura)
o Skills 2: Recruitment/Leadership Development (Laura)
* Knowing the Target of Your Campaign (powermapping) (Dan)
* Planning a News Conference (Jason)
* Building a Coalition for Your Campaign (Bernadette)
* Leadership Training for the Summer Canvass – basic FM skills
* How to bump up your average
* How to run a kick-ass petition gathering event?
* Something on interviewing
2:45pm: Skills Sessions 2 (Repeat)
* Lobbying 101 (Steve with Gina and Jeremy)
* Public Speaking – Delivering a Statement at a News Conference (Pedro and Mike)
* Skills 2: Coordinating a Statewide Campaign – (Danny)
* Digital Organizing: Using Facebook, Youtube, and your chapter website for victory (James)
* Visibility: How to make your campaign known on campus (Tara)
* Recruitment/Leadership Development (Laura)
* Time Management (Amy)
* Knowing the Target of Your Campaign (powermapping) (Dan)
* Planning a News Conference (Jason)
* Building a Coalition for Your Campaign (Bernadette)
* How to be a Great Campaign Coordinator (Sujatha)
3:30pm: Break
3:45pm: Campaign Breakouts – planning the next couple of months.
* High speed rail (campus and canvass) Dan/Emily
* Hunger and homelessness (students) Ramneek/Laura
* Oceans (students and canvas) ?
* Global warming (students and maybe canvass) Ruchika Maybe Jason
* Textbooks (students) Tessa/Tara
* NVP (students) Danny/Sujatha/Nelson
* Healthcare Mike
* Maybe Democracy Now Dallas?
5pm: Each group will pick a spokesperson to present their goals/top priorities to the rest of the group.
Wrap-up at 5:30pm. Dinner at USC.
Sunday 02/24/08
9:00 AM Intros. Personal highlights for the semester
9:10 Budget Discussion. Danny provides general overview of the F08-09 Budget
9:30 AM How to raise more revenue to cut the deficit down. The 5 Ways
10:00 AM Begin discussion of line-items, what we may have to cut and why. Increase in supplies/copies.
10:30 AM Budget discussion end. Roll Call. Begin process of granting provisional board members to LACC. LACC Reps present case
10:35 AM Bring to vote.
10:45 AM Danny provides intro to Elections, function of EC, rules, format
10:50 AM Mike provides what we're looking for in the EC, what an EC can do and what is has done
10:55 AM Chair nominations (5 min.). Each candidate will have a 2 minute speech (5 candidates x 2 minutes = 10 total). After all have gone, a 5 minute Q & A session. 10 minutes of discussion
11:25 AM Vice Chair nominations (5 min.). Each candidate will have a 2 minute speech (5 candidates x 2 minutes = 10 total). After all have gone, a 5 minute Q & A session. 10 minutes of discussion
11:55 AM Break (5 minutes)
12:00 PM At large nominations (5 min.). Each candidate will have a 1.5 minute speech (6 candidates x 1.5 minutes = 9 total). After all have gone, a 5 minute Q & A session. 10 minutes of discussion
12:30 PM end
CONTROVERSY: Oil vs. Alternative Energy
(Click the pic for the facebook event)
The Academic Honors Assembly (AHA, not to be confused with the Grammy nominated Norwegian group A-Ha whose hit single "Take On Me" stormed the charts in 1985) is hosting an event on Oil vs. Alternative Energy with some leading professors in the subject. Here are the details:
CONTROVERSY: Oil vs. Alternative Energy
Doheny Intellectual Commons
Wednesday, 02/20/08
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
And a description:
The need for alternative energy sources is more evident than ever before, but how feasibly can we implement them? Can biofuels actually sustain us? Are there merits in continuing to tap petroleum and fossil fuels? Join us for a debate on these discussions and more, led by:
Professor GK Surya Prakash, USC College Chemistry:
His work on non-combusting methanol fuel cells may be revolutionary for the energy industry.
Professor Muhammad Sahimi, Viterbi Chemical Engineering:
With a multifaceted background in chem. engineering and materials science, he has published numerous articles advocating the political and social dimensions of energy policy.
Professor Anupam Madhukar, Viterbi Chemical/Materials Engineering
Working with solar energy, his research and advocacy also seek to change the landscape of energy supply.
FREE FOOD!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
2/16 Saturday Beach Clean Up - Deets
Forwarded from Luisa:
Hey everyone,
So our very first beach clean up is this Saturday at Venice Beach, this is the address given on the site:
Venice Beach Pier @ Washington Blvd.
3100 Ocean Front Walk
Venice Beach, CA
It starts at 10am and goes till noon (and maybe lunch afterwards) so let's meet at the Subway parking lot in the UV at 9:30. We might be meeting people from E1 there as well.
Nelson, Trimaine and Jen are driving and i think pretty much all the seats will be full =)
Alright, thank you all for volunteering, see you on saturday!!
Luisa
Hey everyone,
So our very first beach clean up is this Saturday at Venice Beach, this is the address given on the site:
Venice Beach Pier @ Washington Blvd.
3100 Ocean Front Walk
Venice Beach, CA
It starts at 10am and goes till noon (and maybe lunch afterwards) so let's meet at the Subway parking lot in the UV at 9:30. We might be meeting people from E1 there as well.
Nelson, Trimaine and Jen are driving and i think pretty much all the seats will be full =)
Alright, thank you all for volunteering, see you on saturday!!
Luisa
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