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It’s Earth Day. It’s Also Time to Talk About Climate Change’s Role in Causing Pandemics.

Published: April 22, 2020

The emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China and its rapid development into a global crisis has augmented existing research about disease outbreaks and their spread. For some time, public health and climate science researchers have been asking: how do we prevent diseases jumping from animals to humans? And, in an increasingly interconnected world, how do […]

Change Is Happening–Just Look at Virginia.

Published: April 17, 2020

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam certainly had a busy weekend last week. Virginia undeniably has a history of oppressive legislation, particularly in regards to race relations, gun control, and reproductive rights and access. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the governor’s own less-than-palatable past, which is putting it mildly: he’s not exactly the poster […]

Protect Grandmother Earth by Melanie Cervantes

The Climate Movement Needs to Create More Safe Spaces for Indigenous Women

Published: November 27, 2019

September 20, hundreds of thousands of students from schools across the country participated in the Global Climate Strike. The strike, led by climate activist Greta Thunberg, started summer of last year near the Swedish parliament to urge world leaders to take immediate action to combat climate change. What Thunberg started as a one-person strike in […]

Climate Protests Should Become Our Normal

Published: October 24, 2019

On Friday, September 20, millions of young people and allies around the world participated in the Global Climate Strikes. The purpose of these strikes was to tell adults across the world to get it together and do something to address climate change. This is no easy task, and will definitely require a massive overhaul of […]

#ForOurFutures: Young People Call on the Senate to Stop Kavanaugh

Published: September 19, 2018

September 18, 2018 [spacer height=”10px”] RE: Young People Call on You to Oppose Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to the Supreme Court [spacer height=”10px”] Dear Senators, [spacer height=”10px”] Today, our bodies, lives, and futures hang in the balance as we face the possibility of a Supreme Court Justice whose decisions will deny our rights and harm our […]

#ForOurFutures: Young People Fight Back to #StopKavanaugh

Published: September 13, 2018

Join Feminist Campus and partners Platform, Advocates for Youth, Generation Progress, In Our Own Voice, Know Your IX, National Center for Transgender Equality, Planned Parenthood Generation Action, Power Shift Network, URGE, Women’s March Youth, and Young People For (YP4) in rallying outside of SCOTUS to demand that the Senate consider the lives of young people before voting […]

KavaNEVER. Five Actions to #StopKavanaugh Right Now!

Published: September 10, 2018

Wondering what you can do to #StopKavanaugh and #SaveSCOTUS? Here are 5 actions you can take RIGHT NOW: LEARN about what’s at stake. If confirmed, Brett Kavanaugh would pose a significant threat to many of our hard-earned rights. Specifically, his record shows a pattern of hateful decisions that would hurt our communities. Learn more here. […]

That’s A KavaNOPE from Us: #SaveSCOTUS

Published: September 5, 2018

Need a recap on the SCOTUS confirmation battle raging in the Senate? Wondering what you can do to #StopKavanaugh and #SaveSCOTUS? Check out our online toolkit:

#SaveSCOTUS: Strategic Advocacy

Published: July 20, 2018

In light of Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, people around the nation are organizing rallies, letter drives, Congressional meetings, and more to ask members of the Senate to protect our rights by blocking the approval of the conservative nominee. One such rally was held last Tuesday in front of Virginia […]

WTF at Smith College

Published: July 17, 2018

When you first saw a menstrual cup, did you think “WTF is that?” – yeah, so did I. I liked the idea of minimizing my period’s environmental impact but I was not about to switch out my tried-and-true tampons for a strange (and slightly scary) plastic contraption that would have cost me $30. Luckily, I […]