STUDENT P I RGS | 02 This was the year of the student activist. In the face of rising hyper-partisanship, our chapters across the country took on 68 - you read that right, sixty eight - local, state, and federal campaigns from campus recycling to state same day voter registration bills and national funding for open textbooks. For us, affordable higher education, increasing youth voter turnout, and protecting the environment are non-partisan issues. To take on the status quo and win, young people just need skills and resources. The Student PIRGs turned 47 this year. That means 47 years of honing our campaign strategies and trainings, and passing down what works... and 47 years of re-imagining organizing to better serve each incoming class on campus. Spoiler alert: It's working. This year, students working with their PIRG chapters across the country got their campuses to ban bee killing pesticides, passed a federal bill to make textbooks more affordable, and raised tens of thousands of dollars for hurricane victims. You remember those 68 campaigns? We won or made concrete progress on nearly half of them. We're proud of the work we've done to make our country better for everyone, but we know that the work has just begun. We're excited to lead our states as they take on the big issues of our time - climate change, youth representation in government, and more - in 2019.
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