Join us to fight for food justice, climate justice, and animal rights this summer!

The Plant Powered Youth Steering Committee (YSC) will bring together a group of students from across the United States that will build youth power to achieve policy changes that enable climate-friendly, plant-based menus in K-12 schools. The YSC will foster youth leadership opportunities in a multi-stakeholder plant-based school food advocacy coalition and campaign, elevate youth voices in federal and local policy initiatives to expand plant-based school menus, and raise awareness among youth activists to food, racial, social, and environmental inequalities.

Responsibilities include:

• Regularly attending virtual weekly full coalition meetings and weekly steering committee meetings.
• Attending an in person all-expense-paid Capitol Hill visit July 6 the July 10.
• Organizing and executing youth-led actions in support of the campaign such as: social media campaigns, rallies, meetings with members of Congress, writing blogs​, presenting to youth-focused clubs and organizations about the campaign and engaging other youth to take action, asking for support and engagement from youth-focused climate, animal welfare and other social justice organizations. And other actions that YOU decide!
• Compensation is $1000. This opportunity is limited to students in the U.S. or U.S territories.

Qualifications:

Students must be between the ages of 14 to 22 on May 1, 2024 and have a passion for transforming the food systems. Students must also be enrolled or have attended a K-12 school that is part of the National Lunch Program.

Timeline:

We are hosting info sessions on February 28 at 6pm Eastern Time and February 29 at 8pm Eastern Time. Please register here for the INFO SESSIONS: http://bit.ly/PlantPoweredSummer

Please APPLY here for the position:

bit.ly/2024PlantPoweredYSC

The position is for May 1 - August 16

For more information, please visit forkidsandtheplanet.com

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