CALPIRG at UC Berkeley
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Campus Organizer: Coreen Weintraub
Latest News
Single-use plastic bags might as well be an endangered species in Alameda County.
Berkeley City Council is set to consider an item at its Tuesday meeting that would “...
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With Alameda County poised to adopt a single-use plastic bag ban soon, the Berkeley City Council decided at its meeting Tuesday night to officially inform the public that...
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CalPIRG members asked students to sign Valentine's Cards to Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstein, and Representative Lee to pass HR 3826, avoiding an increase in student loan...
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UC Berkeley Chapter Slideshow
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CALPIRG works with ASUC to help register students to vote on Sproul. -
CALPIRG students asking Governor Jerry Brown what his plan is to make higher education more affordable. -
Calling on the state legislature to protect CalGrant funding, we presented our Doors of Opportunity, signed by hundreds of students, on the capitol steps. -
All the cool kids register to vote with the Vote Boat. Check out the “I’m Gonna Vote” video on youtube! -
It’s getting hot in hurr- call your Senator to help stop global warming! And take off all your clothes… -
Look Mom, I’m on TV! Talking about why politicians should pay attention to young people outside the gubernatorial debate in Sacramento. -
Kat and Lucas with Van Jones at a No on Prop 23 phonebank. CALPIRG students collected over 160,000 pledges to vote no on the Dirty Energy Proposition in what the LA Times calls the largest environmental campaign in the nation’s history. -
City Councilman Kriss Worthington, two time Nobel Laureaut Bob Hass, and many other partners joined CALPIRG students and the 3000 petitions we gathered for a press conference calling on Berkeley City Council to ban plastic bags. -
Six media outlets covered a stop on the Textbooks Rebellion tour to promote affordable alternatives to outrageously expensive textbooks. -
Christophe donned some superhero gear to fight Methyl Iodide, a toxic pesticide, at the downtown Berkeley farmer’s market.
Student Leaders
Allie Hughes
Class Announcement Coordinator
Paulina Izvorski
Citizens United Campaign Co-Coordinator
Dylan Clark
Citizens United Campaign Co-Coordinator
Christy Kim
Energy Service Corps Campaign Coordinator
