@StudentPIRGs

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Congrats to our Student of the Week! Jake is a 4th yr Econ student at @ucsantabarbara and the Board Chair of CALPIRG Students. Jake got involved in CALPIRG over three years ago working to protect the California coastline.
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This week, he and 30 of his peers went to the California Fish and Game Commission meeting to make public comments and deliver all of the support the chapter had gathered over the last three years. He was even featured on the local news! What a way to wrap up his college career!
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Congrats to our Student of the Week! Claudia is a 2nd yr Env Science major at UMass Amherst & is running the Save the Bees campaign. For Youth Earth Week, Claudia organized an outdoor concert called "Jam for the Bees" to build support for restricting bee-killing neonic pesticides
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Three local bands, including one that Claudia sings in, played the concert (in bee-headbands!) and built a big buzz for the campaign. Great work, Claudia! @umamasspirg
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Happy #YouthEarthWeek! Find an event in your area and sign up to attend our national Earth Week Webinars at YouthEarthWeek.org!
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Congrats to all being recognized!
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge@allintovoteApr 8
The 2026 Student Voting Honor Roll is here! 🌟 Congratulations to this year’s recipients for their hard work towards increasing student voter participation. Way to go! 👏 #AllInToVote
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Join us in celebrating Youth Earth Week this April 19th-25th. 🌎🌊🌤 Take action to protect the environment by joining our national webinars, joining an event near you, or hosting your own event! *The link to sign up for our webinars and training series are in bio*
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Congrats to Our Student of the Week! Katherine is a 4th-year student at UC Riverside and the Chapter Chair of CALPIRG Students at UCR.
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She has been involved in the chapter for the past 3 years working to fight plastic pollution, protect our pollinators, get the UCs to 100% clean energy, and protect both our oldest trees and beautiful oceans. Great work Katharine!
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On Monday, we held our annual federal lobby day in DC. Our 23 volunteers from 7 states + DC meet with 43 legislative offices to raise student voices and advocate for a better future - addressing textbook affordability, food waste, wildlife crossings and the right to repair!
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Leila Salam@leiloi999Feb 23
So great meeting with @RepYoungKim ’s office to talk about affordable textbooks, the warrior right to repair act, and wildlife crossings! @StudentPIRGs @CALPIRGStudent
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Leila Salam@leiloi999Feb 23
Thank you to @RepGaramendi ’s office for meeting with us on affordable textbooks, food date labeling act, and military right to repair!! Also great to meet Taylor who is a fellow Bruin 🧸💙💛 @StudentPIRGs @CALPIRGStudent
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Leila Salam@leiloi999Feb 23
Thank you to @RepThompson ’s office for meeting with us on affordable textbooks, military right to repair, and wildlife crossings!! @StudentPIRGs @CALPIRGStudent
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NJPIRG Students@NJPIRGStudentsFeb 23
We spent the day today in DC lobbying to make textbooks more affordable, reduce food waste, and more! @StudentPIRGs
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NJPIRG Students@NJPIRGStudentsFeb 23
Thanks to @CoryBooker’s office for meeting with us about efforts to fund #OpenTextbooks and reduce food waste!
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Congrats to our Student of the Week! Gabe Grossman is a senior Computer Science major at the University of Michigan and the club president for PIRGIM at University of Michigan.
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This week, Gabe not only got on live radio to discuss our new textbook report, he has also been organizing in Ann Arbor to build support for the our Heated Bus Stop initiative, which is part of a larger public transit campaign. Nice work Gabe!
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Congrats to our Student of the Week! Anika is a junior at Rutgers New Brunswick & a Media coordinator intern on NJPIRG's Make Textbooks Affordable campaign. This week her chapter held a textbooks report release press event and she got three reporters to attend! Nice work Anika!
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📚 @ospirgstudents Textbooks Press Conference covered, read the full report at link in bio kcby.com/news/local/advocate…

Advocates urge UO, lawmakers to expand open textbooks and disclose costs before signup

University of Oregon student leaders and faculty are raising concerns about the rising cost of textbooks, saying it's becoming a basic needs issue for students.

kcby.com
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Great coverage of our latest textbooks report: "College Students in New Jersey are speaking out against the rising cost of textbooks" instagram.com/reels/DUlyf9Rk…
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