Come join us on Dec. 5th/6th at this year’s Youth Climate Leaders Academy (hosted by Vermont Energy Education Program) You can join our organinzing team working on planning our Lobby Day (January) and Rally/Day of Action (March) or you can come with a team from your school and work on a project that makes change…
Are you interested in helping to make change happen? That’s what we are aiming for…so join us to be part of the following upcoming events: Rally for the Planet Working Meeting, Sunday, March 12 at Suncommon in Waterbury: Pizza & Rally planning! If you want to be involved in the Rally (for instance, volunteering day-of),…
The annual Rally for the Planet is returning for its seventh year on April 14, 2023! Join us on the State House Lawn in downtown Montpelier to demand climate action and climate justice now. As always, there will be food, music, speeches, lots of young people, and an opportunity to demand change. As always, the…
Students from the Vermont Youth Lobby and the Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network have joined forces to host a statewide Youth Voice Summit on May 20th at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. The overarching theme will be youth voice and lowering the voting age, and sub-themes include racial, climate, and economic justice. Young people are…
Youth Launch into Climate Justice The Youth Launch into Climate Justice will match young people with the resources and connections we need to make a difference in the state and the world. Focused on the actions that we can take right now to make a difference, the education we need to advocate, and the connections…
The Youth Organizing Coalition, founded by Iris Hsiang, youth representative on the VT Climate Council, has organized an amazing event designed to refocus and reinvigorate the Youth Climate Movement in Vermont. Please REGISTER HERE for this important event… https://youthorganizingcoalition.wordpress.com/youth-climate-justice-summit/ LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS! They are also looking for folks who would like to share any of…
Co-written By: Beck Andersen and Matt Henchen 11/13/19 On November 17th, hundreds of Vermont youth, from middle school to law school, will converge on the statehouse to create a “Declaration of Independence” from fossil fuels. “We’ve been asking for bold and comprehensive climate-related policies for the past several years and most of our political leaders…
The 3rd Annual Race Against Racism will take place on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at Montpelier High School! The Race Against Racism is a state-wide annual anti-racist event, organized by youth from several Vermont high schools. All are welcome to a public rally, comprised of a short list of notable speakers, and lots of…
The Vermont Youth Lobby needs your help to plan a series of actions that might finally persuade Vermont lawmakers to pass serious and bold climate legislation this year! We are holding our first planning meeting of the year with three goals in mind: Grow the movement by recruiting Youth Lobby Officers from as many…