In addition, the UCLA chapter’s Plastic Free Seas campaign, led by Sithara Menon, was awarded the Project of the Year by the UCLA Sustainability Green Gala Awards for their leadership and commitment in implementing UCLA’s new single use plastic policy! Conferences and Workshops This year CALPIRG Student leaders collaborated with other universities, student leaders, and nonprofits at notable conferences, workshops and trainings. Here are the leaders and their conference presentations from this school year: • Future of California Elections Annual Conference o Elisa Chang, New Voters Project Statewide Coordinator, UCLA Masters Program presented on a panel called “Conditional Voter Registration: How Expanding Same Day Registration Can Remove Barriers to Voting • PLAN Students for Zero Waste Conference o Nicole Haynes, Plastic Free Seas Coordinator, UC Berkeley ’20 presented on how to develop plastic reduction policy on campus • UC Student Association Student Organizing Summit o Sithara Menon, Plastic Free Seas Coordinator, UCLA ’21 ran a workshop called “Youth Vote on the Rise” • California Voter Engagement in Higher Education Summit o Nic Riani, CALPIRG Board Chair, UCLA ’22 presented a “Lightning Talk” on the use of castudentvote.org with Nancy Archuleta, UCI ’21 and Charlie Lea, UCB ‘20 • Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council Earth Day
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