Antioch’s Progressive Caucus Fellow Reports on Her DC Experience This Summer

In 2007, AUNE’s Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability concentration launched a first-of-its-kind fellowship in cooperation with the 80-plus member US Congressional Progressive Caucus. Antioch University New England’s Fellowship allows at least one Advocacy student or alum to work in Washington, DC, for the Caucus and its members every summer. As the Fellowship entered its fifth year, CPC co-chair and Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, said, “We are pleased to see this partnership continue. Antioch University New England’s Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability program Fellow will help caucus members address a wide variety of urgent public policy challenges, from the local to the international levels.” AUNE is the only academic institution in the country to host this type of learning and professional development opportunity with the CPC.

The 2014 Fellowship Recipient

Lola Bobrowski – 2014 Lola Bobrowski’s passion for resource protection and advocacy brought her to AUNE’s Environmental Studies master’s program in 2012. Her capacity for organizing has blossomed, and her interests have grown to include food resiliency and environmental law. Recently, she participated in a service learning project with New Hampshire Citizens Alliance, focused on raising awareness of economic justice and equal pay issues in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire.

Bobrowski grew up in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 2010. There, she raised campus awareness about water and energy conservation issues as an active member and elected president of the AmeriCorps/NJPIRG campus organizations Water Watch and Energy Corps. She also distinguished herself and proved her outreach skills in a one-year term of service in the New Jersey AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador program, organizing community events, conducting stream assessments, and teaching more than fifty K-12 water conservation lessons in local schools.

Read the full news article about Lola.

Read Lola Bobrowski’s journal entries.

Campaign Fellows Applications Due Soon

CAMPAIGN FELLOWS PROGRAM

This Summer, Help Elect Environmental Champions! The ELM Action Fund is kicking off its new Campaign Fellows Program.  We will be matching Fellows with a select number of Massachusetts races.  Fellows will assist these campaigns with a variety of tasks from volunteer recruitment to direct voter contact.    Do you want to make a difference while gaining political experience? Are you available 40 hours per week through late August? Are you passionate about helping elect environmental champions to the Massachusetts Legislature? If you answered “yes” to the above questions, we encourage you to apply.  Application deadline: Friday, June 6 Learn more