Butts. In. Seats.
Zo Tobi
Dear
friends,
Butts
in seats.
These three words must
become the GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF OUR LIVES for the next 16 DAYS.
We
face a failing economy, a faltering climate, and a world of increasing anxiety &
insecurity. We also know exactly how to
shift to a just and prosperous economy powered by clean energy…and this Power Shift will only happen if OUR
generation works and fights for it.
Power Shift 2009 is the
moment our generation will arrive, and jumpstart what history will look back on
as nothing short of a civilizational revolution. We each have only one mind-numbingly simple job
for the next 16 days:
BUTTS IN SEATS.
So
here's what to do:
- Recruit like crazy between now and Saturday. Talk to friends, have friends talk to friends,
go to classes, go to clubs, and DON'T STOP EVEN IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
LOGISTICS. They will work out.
- Register as many Power Shifters as you can at www.powershift09.org by this Saturday at midnight PST, to get the $40 dicount rate. Use this discount code: p0wersh1ft.
Concerned this job is too
hard? Afraid you're not up for it? Fretting over logistics? I assure you, none of your doubts will matter
in 16 days, let alone a year from now.
What WILL matter a year from now is whether we look back and see that THIS
was the moment we brought together a movement of courageous, determined young
people strong enough to turn the tide.
Need some perspective? Take a second to remember whose shoulders you
are standing on. Women were jailed for years fighting
for the right to vote. Blacks were
beaten and firehosed for standing up for their rights in the segregated South. People walked so long for the March on Washington the bottom of their shoes
wore out.
Every
generation must rise to its challenge, and this is ours. We have the chance to live the most
meaningful lives that have ever been lived…and it starts with butts in seats.
Go
get 'em.
Peace,
Zo
Zo Tobi, Northeast Organizer
Sierra Student Coalition | www.ssc.org
z...@ssc.org | (603) 305-3825 (cell)
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