Front Page in the Transcript

Thursday Night Group continues to charge ahead. Today we appeared on the front page of the transcript, featuring the MYCA effort to schedule appointments with congressmen in April for Massachusetts Power Shift.

The article, written by Bonnie Obramskie, features Elizabeth Irvin making phone calls and includes quotes from everyone in Wendy Penner's winter study class.

Friday, January 25
WILLIAMSTOWN — From a "call center" on the Williams College campus, several students spent Thursday morning on the phone with state representatives to show their support for a bill that would call on the commonwealth to become more environmentally friendly.

About 160 legislators listened as the young activists asked for appointments to talk about supporting the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007, which is a bill sponsored by Senator Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton).

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