Please see email below from Chipo Dendere, student body president of Linfield. They are asking for “talking point” ideas from us to carry to Washington, DC.
Dear Linda,
We met today at the cool Mac meeting and I wanted to give you more information about our DC trip. A group of Linfield Students will join about 150 students Washington DC from April 3-5 , 2008 for the National Day of Student Action. The goal is to meet with 45 senators to discuss climate policies in their states, the impact on global warming and the role that student can play to change things. We currently have four meetings set up with both Oregon Senators, Senators from New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

We feel that the presence of Oregon students will be very powerful because sometimes Oregon is the forgotten state and we would like to change that. We know that our state is way ahead of most states in environmental sustainability but a lot still needs to be done and we would like to play an active part in the change.

The cool aspect about this trip is that we are taking both students who care about the issues and ones who would like to learn about the issue. As a result we need to do a lot of fundraising to cover travel costs. Our goal is to raise an extra $500 before April 1, 2008.

If you would like to make a donation cheques can be written to “ASLC Linfield College- DC Trip” and mailed to:
Chipo Dendere- Student Body President
900 Se Baker St A480
McMinnville or 97128-6894