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This Activist Toolkit provides any intern or volunteer with the basic tools necessary to run strong campaigns and service projects and win reforms both on and off campus for students and the public interest.
From toxic chemicals to choking hazards to dangerous magnets, see what dangerous toys to watch out for while you shop.
The 2012 Trouble in Toyland report is the 27th annual U.S. Public Interest Research Group survey of toy safety. In this report, U.S. PIRG provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small children and provides examples of toys currently on store shelves that may pose potential safety hazards.
[Washington, DC] According to exit polls issued by national media outlets, the youth share of the electorate increased to 19 percent in 2012 over 18 percent in 2008.
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PIRG In The News
Volunteers said voters are heading to campus polling stations at a steady trickle today and that they expect larger waves of students to turn out in the afternoon and evening.
With less than three weeks until Election Day, some students at the University of Colorado are hoping to increase excitement about the upcoming presidential election.
The members of the University of Colorado's Energy Service Corps are used to educating Boulderites on sustainability. But Saturday, the group was schooled by Boulder Mayor Matt Applebaum during an assessment of his passive solar home.
Colorado Public Interest Research Group’s New Voters Project has been running a campaign all semester to raise awareness about voting among students. This month the Auraria branch of CoPIRG hosted debate parties on campus so students could come to watch the presidential and vice presidential debates.
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Jobs for Graduating Seniors
If you are ready to dig in and start solving the problems that confront our country, consider a job with U.S. PIRG.
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Let's Make Health Care Work
We're working to make health care work in Colorado by supporting a pro-consumer health insurance exchange to bring competition to the health insurance marketplace, increasing affordability, access and choice for hundreds of thousands of families and small businesses.
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Intern with CoPIRG
As a CoPIRG Student Chapters intern you'll learn skills and get valuable experience working on a campaign. You’ll learn how to build teams of volunteers, organize events on campus, and work with the media.
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A crash course in effective citizenship.
Get the basic tools necessary to run strong campaigns and service projects and win reforms both on and off campus for students and the public interest.
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Make Textbooks More Affordable
We are educating professors about ways they can help reduce the cost of textbooks, like turning their book orders in on time and adopting open textbooks.
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CoPIRG Energy Service Corps
A joint project with AmeriCorps to educate and engage communities around energy efficiency. We educate the campus and community about the simple things we can do to save energy like switching out our old light bulbs to more energy efficient CFLs.
Internships

Work on important issues, learn valuable skills, get hands-on experience, and make a difference.


