Campaigns!
Global Warming Solutions:
Beyond a doubt, global warming is the most profound and urgent issue facing our generation, and students have known for a long time that to really solve this problem, we need comprehensive action right away. The good news is, we have all the solutions we need—here in Colorado, for example, over 300 days of sunlight provides enough solar power meet all our energy needs with clean, renewable sources. Here at CU Denver, we are working for a better, cleaner future.
We will be holding several fun events including the Sustainability Fair in April and student projects to help bring Auraria campus to carbon neutrality. For more information, see our upcoming events!
Hunger and Homelessness:
We are facing one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. Unemployment rates keep going higher and more people are forced into poverty every day.
This spring we are tackling the problem locally, planning weekly service trips to homeless shelters and foodbanks in the Denver metro area. We will also hold our annual Hunger Cleanup in April, where we'll raise money for our local homeless shelters.
Public Transit:
Here in Colorado we launched a campaign to promote a 21st century vision for public transportation.
We are working to show public officials and the Regional Transportation Department that students support the Fastracks light rail expansion, high speed rail development along the front range, and an increase in federal funding for public transportation projects in Colorado. We want to help lead Colorado toward a 21st Century vision for our public transportation system, and will do this through petition gathering and other fun events.
Affordable Textbooks: Open textbooks (free, online textbooks) are really catching on, thanks in part to our campaign to shine the spotlight on these great alternatives. Over 2,000 faculty members have signed our statement of support for open textbooks and a new publisher just released 10 new open textbooks!
No matter your level of involvement, we're only able to do this work because of your support - so thanks again for another great semester.
We're looking forward to hitting the ground running this year on our spring campaigns, and hope to see you around!