Wellstone Action!

10,000 students from all over the country will descend on DC to get trained and get their point across on climate change.

Young People For's 2009 National Summit brought together young, passionate progressives from all over the country to focus on leadership development and sustainable strategies to promote social justice.

We know, we know - we've been a little absent from the blog lately.  But we have a good excuse - turns out we've been really busy!  Check out Wellstone Action's work by the numbers.

Let's not forget that the best path to the middle class is a good job with union representation.

At Wellstone Action, we're connected to the "green movement" in various capacities, from training environmental organizers to educating hundreds of thousands of youth how to lobby effectively on climate change; however, our repeat zero-waste camp gave us the physical and practical chance to test out our own environmental know-how.

With technology transforming both the amount of information we receive and how we consume it, it is important that government embrace the change and harness technology to improve our democracy.

This year organized labor has their best opportunity to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and the glbt community has the opportunity to pass a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Working together at the grassroots level will make both efforts stronger.