Join Energy Justice Summer in Northeast Pennsylvania!

Ener­gy Jus­tice Sum­mer Pro­mo from Alex Lotor­to on Vimeo.

Ener­gy Jus­tice Sum­mer Pro­mo from Alex Lotor­to on Vimeo.

From www.energyjusticesummer.org:

About

We are young orga­niz­ers who care deeply about social jus­tice and human rights. We seek a world where every­one has access to sus­tain­able ener­gy and no one suf­fers unjust­ly because of our fos­sil fuel econ­o­my. We believe that frack­ing presents a grave threat to peo­ple every­where, espe­cial­ly those on the front­lines of extrac­tion. To cre­ate a just ener­gy future, we must stop fracking.

This sum­mer, Sus­tai­nUS and Ener­gy Jus­tice Net­work are launch­ing a joint project called “Ener­gy Jus­tice Sum­mer” to work in sol­i­dar­i­ty com­mu­ni­ties direct­ly impact­ed by frack­ing in Penn­syl­va­nia. Here’s what we have planned:

• COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: We’ll host work­shops with experts to teach res­i­dents how to mon­i­tor the envi­ron­men­tal and socioe­co­nom­ic impacts of frack­ing and orga­nize to stop them.
• STUDENT TRAININGS: We’ll con­vene stu­dents across the North­east and pre­pare them to launch cam­paigns against frack­ing on cam­pus this fall. 
• IMPACTFUL RESEARCH: We’ll ana­lyze vio­la­tions of five gas com­pa­nies, cre­at­ing valu­able mate­ri­als for reg­u­la­to­ry appeals and legal fights. We will show that rur­al pover­ty has increased since shale devel­op­ment has begun. Final­ly, we will report on the fea­si­bil­i­ty of a just tran­si­tion away from frack­ing toward a green econ­o­my in North­east Pennsylvania.
• CREATIVE ACTIONS: We’ll sup­port ongo­ing fights to stop expan­sion of nat­ur­al gas infra­struc­ture, includ­ing the Cove Point LNG export ter­mi­nal and oth­er export trans­mis­sion facilities.

By sup­port­ing and join­ing our cam­paign, you will help to stop frack­ing and bring about a more just ener­gy future. From the front­lines of frack­ing in Penn­syl­va­nia to the dev­as­ta­tion of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philip­pines, peo­ple are suf­fer­ing because of con­tin­ued fos­sil fuel extrac­tion. We need to show that frack­ing is unac­cept­able and that young peo­ple will stand in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the com­mu­ni­ties most impact­ed. We need Ener­gy Jus­tice Summer.

Be an Ener­gy Jus­tice Sum­mer Participant!

• Sign up here to tell us more about you and get noti­fi­ca­tions of our events and actions as they are announced. (Link)

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Be an Ener­gy Jus­tice Sum­mer Fel­low!

We are recruit­ing fel­lows to join us in Susque­han­na Coun­ty in north­east Penn­syl­va­nia, begin­ning June 1st and end­ing August 8th. Fel­lows will live in a farm­house and work togeth­er 40 hours a week while receiv­ing a liv­ing stipend. Hous­ing and food will be cov­ered by the pro­gram. Oth­er arrange­ments for stipends can be made for fel­lows who live local­ly, but not in the farmhouse.

• Dead­line: Appli­cants should com­plete our online appli­ca­tion by Wednes­day, May 14th by mid­night east­ern time to be con­sid­ered. (Link)

The fel­lows will engage in three core project areas: Research, Edu­ca­tion & Out­reach, and Action Coordination.

• RESEARCH FELLOWS – Fel­lows will con­duct research and gen­er­ate reports. Top­ics include the vio­la­tions his­to­ry of gas drillers in the Mar­cel­lus Shale, socio-eco­nom­ic impacts of shale gas devel­op­ment, clean ener­gy poten­tial of the region, and how to bol­ster tra­di­tion­al rur­al her­itage economies. We’re seek­ing young peo­ple with flu­en­cy in Microsoft Excel, the sci­en­tif­ic method, sta­tis­tics, envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence, soci­ol­o­gy, and pub­lic policy.
• EDUCATION & OUTREACH FELLOWS – Edu­ca­tion & Out­reach Fel­lows will offer train­ings for stu­dents and local res­i­dents that devel­op skills in pub­lic rela­tions, water and air mon­i­tor­ing, reg­u­la­to­ry appeals, local ordi­nances, indus­try finan­cial analy­sis, clean ener­gy instal­la­tion, ener­gy effi­cien­cy stan­dards, and com­mu­ni­ty orga­niz­ing. Fel­lows in this track will pro­duce a sum­mer cur­ricu­lum, webi­na­rs, and videos. They will also lead shale­field tours and train­ings in Susque­han­na Coun­ty. Fel­lows will coor­di­nate logis­tics for speak­ers and experts on train­ing top­ics that can’t be cov­ered by knowl­edge in the group. We’re seek­ing young peo­ple with expe­ri­ence in pub­lic speak­ing, edu­ca­tion, com­mu­ni­ca­tions, jour­nal­ism, envi­ron­men­tal stud­ies, polit­i­cal sci­ence, orga­niz­ing, out­reach, and recruitment.
• ACTION COORDINATION FELLOWS – Action Coor­di­na­tion Fel­lows will pro­vide direct action train­ings, plan cre­ative protests and direct action in con­junc­tion with the local cam­paigns of north­east PA res­i­dents, and coor­di­nate the logis­tics of a week-long action camp the last week of July. We’re seek­ing young peo­ple involved in the frack­ing or cli­mate move­ments on cam­pus or in their com­mu­ni­ties, who have par­tic­i­pat­ed in a diver­si­ty of protests or actions, and who have expe­ri­ence in pub­lic speak­ing or teaching.

Ener­gy Jus­tice Net­work is an equal oppor­tu­ni­ty employ­er and does not dis­crim­i­nate by race, gen­der, or sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion. Appli­cants will be con­sid­ered strict­ly based on their qual­i­fi­ca­tions and experience.