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Young people are the largest and most diverse group of potential voters in the country. We’re making sure they register to vote and get to the polls to make their voices heard.
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To ensure that every student has access to the high-quality educational materials they need, we’re pushing campuses to switch to free, open textbooks.
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Break Free From Plastics
Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years. We’re calling for campus, city, and statewide bans on single use plastic products, including plastic bags, straws and take-out foam cups and containers.
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Helped convince Dunkin’ Donuts to phase out use of polystyrene foam cups by 2020
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In the 2017 budget proposal, the U.S. House proposed cutting $3.3 billion from the Pell Grant program. MASSPIRG Students and Student PIRG volunteers came together to generate more than three thousand calls and petitions to their Senators urging them to stop this enormous cut to financial aid, ensuring that it did not become law.
Helped pass SB100 in California which committed the state to 100% renewable electricity by 2045.
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