Stories from the

Divestment Student Network

Orange Square

What is it?

In The Beginning…

Creating a Network from the Ground Up

Challenges:• Small group, big dreams• School + Organizing = Difficult• Building community over the phone

Goals:• Make Network easy to engage in from Day 1• Day 1 = Powershift 2013

Convene a Divestment Breakout session

Leave with a Network

Start with a Group of Strangers

Original discussion group from PowerUp!

Their campaigns and connections to other schools

Students introduced at Powershift

Students introduced at Fossil Fuel Divestment Converence 2014!

WHY A YOUTH NETWORK?Why is it important to have a network of students, led by students?

1. Developing Student Leadership

2. Giving Students Full Decision-making Power

3. Building Power Beyond Divestment/Graduation

WHAT IS THE NETWORK?

The DSN Assembly

EXERCISE:

Using A Network of Students Working on Climate and Environment

Get into small groups (2-4) to discuss questions

Questions

1. How could being part of a national network of students help your campaign? (3 minutes)

Debrief: What are some themes that came up?

Questions

2. If you could be in a room with students from around the country, what would you share? What questions would you ask of other students? What discussions would you want to have? (3 min)

Debrief: What are some ideas that were shared?

Questions

3. If we committed to work together for the next 3 year,s what would be possible?• What should our goals be?• What strategies could we use to achieve them?(5 min)

Debrief: What are the most exciting ideas? Themes?

WHAT NEXT?

What are we going to do about it?

Join A Working Group

ASSEMBLY CALLSBi-Weekly, Tuesdays at 9PM

ESTStarting Feb. 25

The Fossil Fuel Divestment CONVERGENCE 2014

Register at studentsdivest.org/registration

April 4th-6th

San Franscisco State University

Questions?