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The latest news, stories, and ideas from ACE and our students.

North Carolina Fellows Lobbying their representatives

Lobby Day Replay: NC Fellows talk climate change in Raleigh

On a Thursday evening in May, my fellow ACE Fellows and I started planning meticulously for our upcoming Lobby Day on June 7th. Lobbying means working to influence the actions of our politicians.
Annie Qin | December 03, 2018
Rev. Leo Woodberry with the Justice First Tour

When it comes to climate change, it’s time to put justice first.

Social movements across time, location, and topics can all be said to rally around one unifying message: justice first.
Catherine Trusky | November 28, 2018
ACE's 2017-2018 Annual Report

You made this happen: ACE's Annual Report.

As we gather together with friends and family to look back at 2018, we are all so grateful to the ACE community.
Matt Lappé | November 14, 2018
Clarissa Roman, ACE Fellow and a first-time climate voter

Young Voters Turn Out for Climate Justice

Last week marked a historic US midterm election for climate action and youth voters, breaking turnout records across the country and elevating climate justice champions to elected leadership around the US.
Leah Qusba | November 13, 2018
Students in Puerto Rico Discuss Hope After Hurricanes following Hurricane Maria

Hope After Hurricanes

There are so many numbers that have come out of Hurricanes Florence and Michael.
Hurricane Michael:
Reb Anderson | October 26, 2018

Equity In a Time of Socio-Environmental Justice

Last month, ACE alumna Maxine Jimenez gave a keynote speech at the Education: A Key to Climate Action affiliate event at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
Maxine Jimenez | October 15, 2018

Latest IPCC Report: Time for Action on Climate Is Running Out

This week, the IPCC or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published its latest scientific report, Global Warming of 1.5ºC, on what it will take to limit climate change to 1.5º.
Reb Anderson | October 09, 2018
Bill Bigelow, Curriculum Editor for Rethinking Schools magazine

Interview: Bill Bigelow Rethinks Schools

We are thrilled to be joined by special guest, Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and co-director for the Zinn Education Project, which provides “people’s history” materials for educators.
Reb Anderson | October 08, 2018
Riya Goel, Youth Microplastics Researcher with Fellow Researcher

They May Be Micro, But These Plastics Have a Big Impact

Microplastics. Seems like a daunting word. But really, it's simple, and it explains a bigger problem. One that has been created by us humans. Microplastics are essentially plastics, in a range of sizes from one millimeter to one nanometer.
Riya Goel, Youth Activist | September 27, 2018
ACE Fellows at the Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice March

Introducing: Our Climate Our Vote

As the west recovers from wildfires, the east recovers from Hurricane Florence, and the Administration continues to deny climate change, young climate leaders are mobilizing peers to use their powerful voices and votes to call for effective climate leadersh
LILY TRIENENS | September 19, 2018

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