The Energy Action Coalition Fellowship Program brings together shining stars in the youth climate movement to do their thing. Past fellows have been instrumental in developing our blog and websites, planning and coordinating Power Shift, and developing their leadership skills. This year participants in the fellowship program will have the opportunity to strengthen our green jobs program, ensure that Power Vote rocks, begin planning and preparation for Power Shift '09, and put their awesome online and communication skills to good use.

These are paid fellowships and can be located in either Washington, DC or San Francisco, CA

To apply for a fellowship please submit a resume and letter of interest to theteam [at] energyaction.net.

In your email please let us know what fellowship(s) sound most exciting to you.

Green Jobs Fellow
Will focus on spearheading the Green Jobs Campus Toolkit with Field Director. Work with Green Jobs Toolkit Working group and outside partners like Jobs with Justice, Hip Hop Caucus, and the Teamsters to develop a Youth based toolkit grounded in the Campus Climate Toolkit. Help coordinate various coalition green jobs projects in Washington, Oregon, Atlanta, and Minnesota.

Media and Communications Fellow
Will assist with developing and implementing cutting edge communications strategy for Power Vote and other Coalition activities. This person will assist with materials development and ordering, writing and editing communications materials (press releases, web content, etc) and assist with media outreach. Video production and editing experience a plus.

Power Shift 2009 Fellows
The Power Shift 2009 Fellow would help with conference logistics and planning. They would help support materials development, coalition communication, and developing local capacity for a demonstration around the conference.

Power Vote Fellows
Power Vote Fellows would help with logistics for the training, material development, and support Power Vote activities over the summer, including our involvement in concerts, festivals and tours.
Diverse Materials Fellow
Will assist with the creation of new materials for diverse constituencies with in the coalition.  This fellow will work closely with central staff and coalition partners who work with indigenous youth, youth from historically black colleges, non student youth and possibly christian youth to create targeted materials.  This fellow will also coordinate translation for many existing materials.  Design skills and working with people from many backgrounds are a must.
Anti-Oppression Fellow
Would assist in finding and creating new anti-oppression resources for the coalition that look at race, class, gender, sexuality dynamics and how we can better organize across boundaries.   Will help set up anti-oppression trainings.  May conduct a listening process with coalition member organizations to bring out the variety of experiences in the coalition with anti-oppression and strategies for building a more multi-racial, justice based climate movement. 

Past Fellows

Sherrie Waller

Sherrie is the Digital Organizing Fellow for the Energy Action Coalition. She graduated in 2008 with a BS in Architecture at Northeastern University and hopes to pursue a career in Graphic Design. Sherrie started out designing her student organization's website (HEAT: the Husky Energy Action Team), along with other design materials. With that experience, Sherrie began her Fellowship with EAC in the Summer of 2007, working on the graphics and web design for the Campus Climate Challenge and Power Shift 2007.

Contact Info:
774-253-0862
sherrie@energyaction.net
Boston, MA

Richard Scott

Richard Scott helped to develop political strategy for Energy Action over the summer of '07. He has been a leader in the development of climate policy in the University of Maryland as the Student Regent for the system. Richard introduced Van Jones at Power Shift '07 and got the crowed pumped up for one of the highest energy moments of this growing movement.

"Being an EAC Fellow expanded my environmental awarenss in ways I never thought possible. While working in DC, I experienced the power of youth in action firsthand. Using the lessons I learned and the contacts I made at the EAC, I helped create Maryland Student Climate Coaltion. By partnering with the MSCC, and serving as student regent of the University System of Maryland, I was able to help push forward the USM Sustainability Initiative."

Craig S. Altemose

"Being an EAC fellow truly rocked my world! Not only was it a lot of fun to get to meet the superstars of the EAC, but I also got to form solid connections with some phenomenal students from around the country! It was a very empowering experience, and I got exposed to a lot of movers and shakers throughout the climate movement. But most importantly, I learned immensely from the planning process of Power Shift 2007, and now I'm leading the planning efforts of Massachusetts Power Shift (www.masspowershift.org). It was definitely a great experience that I would recommend to everyone!"

Sam Karlin

"As we work toward a sustainable tomorrow we the youth must lead the way. Working as an Energy Action Fellow was an incredible opportunity to become a part of the youth climate movement and navigate the many roads to a clean and green future. Thank you all EAC and Coalition partners and after my current brief journey through the east of Asia I will join you again soon."

Richard Graves

"Serving at the New Media fellow for Energy Action was like a six month boot camp in digital organizing and media/communications, it was an incredible opportunity allowing me to experiment and learn through doing. One second MTV is on the phone, the next a student wanting to learn how to write online for the first time. I was given editorial control of It's Getting Hot in Here and watched it grow from a gathering place for voices of various youth climate activists into the central focal point of a global youth climate movement, syndicating to news services around the world, with accredited correspondents on multiple continents. I then served as communications coordinator for the US youth delegation to the UN climate negotiations and am now Program Director, Youth Voice/Youth Vote & Global Environment for Americans for Informed Democracy. All in one year from graduation."

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