Youth Are Rising Faster than the Water: Power Shift Network 2018 Annual Report by Power Shift Network

YOUTH ARE RISING

FASTER THAN THE WATER

2018 Annual Report July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS POWER SHIFT NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT

From the Executive Director

Annual Meeting 6 Action Teams

Overview 10 Passing on Gas: Strategic Summit on Energy Democracy and Natural Gas Resistance 12 Frontlines to Power 14 Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline Fight 16 Fossil Fuel Resistance Mapping 18 Community College 19 COP23 21 Zero Hour 22 Trainings 24

Digital

Digital Scope 27 Slack 28

Membership

Finances & Governance

Finances 35 Fiscal Sponsorship 35 Board of Directors 2017-2018 36 Advisory Council 37

Acknowledgements

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Comrades, 2017-2018 was a special year for Power Shift Network. Although staff, volunteers, board members, friends and allies all felt the increasing attacks on the marginalized communities we are part of, we responded to these challenges the way we know best: carrying forth our mission to invest in young people’s leadership. This year, staff, members, and leaders who helped shape the new direction of the Network started to see our collective vision come to fruition. In 2016, we envisioned PSN as a place where members could propose ideas that grow into full-fledged programs and use “action teams” to achieve collective impact. Both came true this year. PSN planted seeds for the year ahead at our annual meeting in January 2017, then harvested those ideas throughout the spring and summer. In July, thirteen young people successfully intervened in the permitting process for the proposed Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline in Minnesota. In the fall, we launched Frontlines to Power, training 15 young people of color and organizers from the frontlines of climate change to run for elected office. We also launched a new initiative to expand our reach to community college students. PSN members worked together to organize actions at the 2017 United Nations climate conference and planned a national energy democracy & natural gas resistance summit that brought together community leaders from around the country. Throughout the year, PSN provided important capacity building support for our members through skills trainings, our fiscal sponsorship program, internal coordination structures such as Slack, and the amplification of our members’ work through social media and email blasts. All of this was only possible because our members see the value in working together, and because PSN invests heavily in the elements that make collaboration successful: relationship building, learning spaces, resources, and the time and capacity needed to develop a collection vision. Networks like PSN ensure that people are connected and coordinated, with the resources and support they need to be successful. The effort that PSN Executive Director Lydia Avila Photo Credit: Javier Ramirez

goes into making these collaborations possible is not nearly as eye-catching or “sexy” as the end products, but is critical to producing the beautiful results you will see in this report. Without the carefully facilitated planning tables, communication tools, microgrants, or trust-based relationships, this work would not be possible.

Networks like PSN ensure that people are connected and coordinated

We closed the 2017-2018 fiscal year with 79 members and a proud set of accomplishments upon which we will build in 2018-2019. We thank our members for taking this journey with us, for helping us envision and begin to realize a more just world, and for playing a critical role in designing and executing our programs and campaigns. We thank our supporters. Whether you contribute $3 a month or granted us $100,000 to support our general operations, we value your contribution and faith in our work. And last — but certainly not least — we thank our allies in the movement for social justice. This has been the toughest year many of us have ever experienced in this work. Yet, we remain resilient. Our core belief that young people are the key to societal transformation has only been strengthened and we will continue to build power accordingly. In the language of our guiding principles, “We believe that our shared vision of a more just, equitable, and sustainable world is possible and the journey to it reflects a long history of movements creating bold shifts in power.”

Onwards!

Lydia D. Avila // Executive Director Power Shift Network she/hers

ANNUAL MEETING Power Shift Network held its Annual Meeting January 26th-28th, 2018. For the first time since we created our new network model and relaunched as Power Shift Network, we limited attendance at our annual meeting to member organizations only - and we still had the largest attendance in 3 years, with 85 attendees representing 58 member organizations. A unique element of this year’s annual meeting was the deliberate decision to hire a facilitation team from within the Network. Comprised of Christina Novaton (Sierra Student Coalition alum and Sierra Club staff member), Cara Cooper (Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition), Garrett Blad (SustainUS), and Varshini Prakash (Sunrise Movement), the facilitation team worked with the planning committee to execute the goals set out below: ÆÆ To foster stronger relationships and deepen a sense of community among Power Shift Network members on both interpersonal and organizational levels. ÆÆ To define and affirm our shared identity as the Power Shift Network through a renewed commitment to our values and principles ÆÆ To create a space to share ideas and collaborate on creative and effective approaches to build the solutions we need in the face of both administrative attacks and climate disasters.

Annual Meeting attendees during presentations Photo Credit: Charlie JIang

PSN Member Org Representatives, Board & Staff at 20178 Annual Meeting. Photo Credit: Charlie JIang

ÆÆ To create space for member organizations to better understand how the network structure can support their work as well as increase their capacity. We achieved the following outcomes: Participants left with an understanding of the values, mission, vision, and principles of PSN, the ecology of the youth climate movement, what has changed since the 2016 election, and how they fit into the broader movement. Participants learned more about the resources and communication platforms available to them through PSN. The Network established 3-6 new collaborative teams (action teams) comprised of 3+ organizations, who worked together in 2018. The action teams emerged with clear next steps to move the collaboration forward. Over the course of 2.5 days, we worked to achieve these goals and objectives. In a post-Annual Meeting survey completed participants, 86% said they had a stronger understanding of PSN’s model and how to plug into the network, and 69% said they were strongly clear about walking away with next steps that reinforced their work.

ACTION TEAMS

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ACTION TEAMS Overview Power Shift Network strives to create a community where our network members feel empowered to collaborate, experiment and learn together. One of the best ways to collaborate with other network members is to form an action team! Action teams are the unit of the Network through which partners work together on specific projects. Action teams are officially supported by the Network and get priority for network resources and staff support, including but not limited to: ÆÆ

Campaign planning and goal-setting

ÆÆ Digital tools and communications support with emails, petitions, and social media ÆÆ Facilitation of learning spaces such as trainings, webinars, and convenings ÆÆ

Connections with other organizations in the Network

ÆÆ Sharing of best practices about campaign strategy, fundraising, and organizing tools ÆÆ

Micro-grants and fundraising support

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Communication platforms such as Slack and Zoom

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Logistical support

The qualifications to create an action team are: ÆÆ There must be at least three organizations already involved or plan to be involved in the proposed action team. ÆÆ At least one of the organizations in a proposed action team must be an official PSN member. ÆÆ The proposed action team should have a basic plan to carry out their projects with time-bound and measurable goals.

There are quite a few different ways to think about action teams. They are similar to a working group or a team project. One staff member found value referring to action teams as the blobs of lava in the lava lamp that is the Network- coming together for periods of time and then dissolving to form other teams. The point is we believe in â&#x20AC;&#x153;taking action as the essential expression of making decisions,â&#x20AC;? as laid out in our guiding principles. This year, we collaborated in many different ways, and began the process of voting on and approving actions teams as a Network after our annual meeting in January 2018.

Zero Hour Youth stand proud and ready to lobby their elected representatives. Photo Credit: Natalie Lucas

ACTION TEAMS Passing on Gas: A Strategic Summit on Energy Democracy and Natural Gas Resistance At the 2017 Annual Meeting, a group of energy democracy practitioners and student organizers within PSN decided to organize and convene Passing on Gas: A Strategic Summit on Energy Democracy and Natural Gas Resistance in Detroit, Michigan, from September 29 to October 1, 2017. We had 27 participants from a variety of organizations in and outside of the Network. The objectives of the summit were to: ÆÆ Build an understanding of each other's current key strategies for advancing democratic control of the energy infrastructure in their communities. ÆÆ Leave with a shared analysis of the natural gas boom and the utility business model, including the driving economic and political forces and impacts of continued natural gas infrastructure development. ÆÆ Identify partnerships and alliances to achieve collective impact. This could include identifying bases within our different organizations/ communities that we seek to activate and creating teams that can help tailor existing resources for local needs. ÆÆ Build a shared narrative framework to inform and align work that counters the natural gas boom and advances energy democracy

This was the first time the majority of participants met, so we allowed significant time discussions about projects and campaigns participants are leading in their communities and to build affinity. On Saturday, we discussed the components of the energy system and points of intervention, which we see as key to building alignment and planting seeds for collaboration. We also broke participants into groups to explore four main topics: training and resource sharing, the role of equity in energy work, Michigan-specific energy democracy work and rural electric co-op organizing. On our final day together, we shared tools for systems analysis of campaigns, did a deeper dive into narrative strategy for organizers and identified further possibilities around what we could do to fight natural gas expansion.

Passing on Gas summit participants building a system together. Photo Credit: Desmond Love

Participating Member Orgs: Soulardarity, Grand Aspirations, and Sierra Student Coalition

ACTION TEAMS Frontlines to Power Power Shift Network recognizes that communities on the frontlines of climate change - who are also predominantly communities of color and low income communities- are often excluded from decision-making processes, which has led to inadequate efforts from elected officials and community leaders to address climate change and its impacts on those communities. For these reasons, environmental justice and frontline PSN member organizations came together to create Frontlines to Power, a program aimed at preparing young climate champions of color and from frontline communities to run for local office to advance environmental and social justice in their communities. Together, we accomplished three goals:

ÆÆ Empower a cohort of 15 young climate justice leaders of color and from frontline communities with the knowledge and skills to run for local office. Each of the six trainings were built from existing candidate trainings but were enhanced to specifically empower young climate leaders of color. This meant that trainings covered a range of topics including: Nuts and bolts of running for office; Environmental justice issues and Addressing the unique challenges of being a young person of color in office ÆÆ Build a national support network of young climate justice leaders of color who plan to run for local office. Our network now has 15 young climate leaders trained to run for local office from around the country. Each year, we will continue to grow this network as we cultivate new cohorts of young leaders! ÆÆ Connect young climate justice leaders with elected officials and mentors of color. We matched each of the 15 cohort members with a mentor who is an environmental justice leader of color and currently in office or has experience in political campaigns. Learning from people with shared identities helps young political candidates envision themselves in office and in positions of power.

The first Frontlines to Power PSN staff and Passing on Gas summitcohort, participants network members a break for a photo. Photo buildingtake a system together credit: Brook Hines

We are taking learnings from this past yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program to expand Frontlines to Power into an initiative that increases visibility and support for current youth environmental justice leaders and develops the leaders of tomorrow. This next iteration of Frontlines to Power includes a spokesperson training program, candidate training program, and mentorship program.

Participating Member Orgs: LORE Media Collective, Organize Florida Education Fund, Florida Student Power Network, California Student Sustainability Coalition, Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition. Non-member participant: Lead Locally.

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Photo Credit: Mikaela Raphael

ACTION TEAMS Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline Fight Power Shift Network is a key player in one of the biggest tar sands oil pipeline fights on the continent through the support of the Youth Climate Intervenors in the effort to stop Line 3. Line 3 is a proposed pipeline from Alberta, Canada, through Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin that would carry 760,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day across the Mississippi and through the sacred wild rice lakes of the Anishinaabe people. This proposed pipeline is an assault on our climate and an attack on indigenous rights. Last July, a courageous group of 13 young people — the “Youth Climate Intervenors” — convinced a judge to grant them legal standing as an official party in the Line 3 permitting case before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). As an official party, with direct support from PSN and a variety of our member organizations, the Youth Climate Intervenors: ÆÆ

Represented themselves in court without a lawyer;

ÆÆ Used their platform to engage and inspire legislators, volunteers, other intervening parties, and pipeline fighters across the country; ÆÆ Collected more than 38,000 petitions signatures opposing the pipeline; ÆÆ Were featured in Teen Vogue, NPR, The Nation, Midwest Energy News, and other local and national outlets; and ÆÆ Brought ten 'expert witnesses’ to the case, including climate scientists and indigenous elders. Over the last year, the Youth Climate Intervenors marched, rallied, talked, researched, wrote, struggled, celebrated, organized, and inspired Minnesotans and people across this country to stop this harmful pipeline — and they are not done yet. The Power Shift Network has also played a leadership role by supporting mobilization led by our members, such as: 16

ÆÆ Helping turn out over 1,000 people to the “Hold the Line Rally” and St. Paul public hearing on Line 3 in September 2017; ÆÆ Coordinating with the Sunrise Movement in Minnesota to link fossil fuel resistance and movement building through trainings and the Day of Dedication action in November 2017; ÆÆ Leading national webinars to demystify the Line 3 legal process and lift up local voices at key campaign moments; and ÆÆ Helping organize the Block (Line 3) Party at the PUC, a 24-hour encampment and celebration of resistance attended by 600 people in May 2018 that included a concert, direct action training, water ceremony, and more on the street outside the decision makers' offices. In June 2018, the Minnesota PUC approved Line 3, despite conclusions from a judge and the Minnesota Department of Commerce that granting the permits would be illegal. The Youth Climate Intervenors continue to lead public engagement around legal appeals, frontline resistance camps, and community organizing. Their voices, and PSN’s support for their work, will help drive a powerful and successful movement to #StopLine3.

Hold the in participants St Paul, MN. Passing onLine Gasmarch summit Photobuilding Credit: aCarson systemKowalski togetherMN350

Participating Member Orgs: MN350, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, Climate Generation, Young People’s Action Coalition, 350.org

ACTION TEAMS Fossil Fuel Resistance Mapping In Fall 2017, Power Shift Network helped launch the Fossil Fuel Resistance map, a crowd-sourced platform that shows the scale and diversity of the movement to stop new fossil fuel projects across the United States. While more than 80 groups are represented on the map, we know we need many more to accurately reflect the work happening on the ground. In addition to building the virtual community, we are working with local and national partners to develop resources for pipeline fighters, stories of victories, and cross-regional relationship-building across resistance efforts to better learn from one another and stand in solidarity. Power Shift Network is committed to curating the Fossil Fuel Resistance map as a resource for newcomers to plug into meaningful local work in their area, more readily identify allies with whom they can collaborate, and connect with the people and resources needed in order to win.

Screenshot of Fossil Fuel Resistance map as found on website

Community College This year, PSN made an effort to expand our organizing efforts beyond traditional four-year colleges and universities to community colleges as part of our commitment to mobilize and empower young climate activists from diverse racial and socio-economic backgrounds. In early 2018, we hired a full time Network Organizer, Meagan Lyle, to dedicate time to expand the Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resources to two-year college students and campuses. We have identified Network members committed to working in twoyear colleges, and visited five campuses in the spring to meet with professors, student activities directors, and students. We are also in the process of solidifying relationships between Network members, such as Post Landfill Action Network and Soulardarity, and representatives from two-year colleges who have shown interest in specific programming, (e.g., Wayne County Community College in Detroit and Saint Louis Community College in St. Louis). We are hoping to support PLANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Points of Intervention Tour on Zero Waste reach students at two community college spaces in Spring 2019. PSN is also facilitating a collaborative effort to create a Rural Electric Co-op (REC) Youth Fellowship with Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition, We Own It, CURE, and Sierra Student Coalition. The fellowship is an opportunity for two-year college students in REC/Municipal service territories to advocate for clean energy, transparency, and democratized control of energy at a local level. The fellowship will launch in November 2018.

Participating Member Orgs: 350.org, Rogue Climate, 350 San Fernando Valley

ACTION TEAMS COP23 PSN worked with member orgs and allies who came together to strategically intervene in the annual United Nations climate negotiations (COP23), to build domestic and international solidarity. Seven member orgs and dozens of supporting organizations stood up to the destructive policies of the current U.S. administration while pointing a way forward for folks at home in the United States. Sunrise, SustainUS, PSN staff, and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice applied for an ‘alignment grant’ with the US Climate Action Network as an opportunity for deeper collaboration and cross-organizational engagement. We knew that we wanted to work together, and the grant allowed funds to flow towards roles and basic infrastructure for the work such as creating an independent website (http://www.climatetimecapsule.org/) for the project. PSN coordinated the various components that each organization brought to the table, and identified new organizations that could fill in gaps. In the end, we had an arc of actions that flowed together: ÆÆ SustainUS youth delegates led an action to shut down the one Trump-sponsored event at COP23, which made the front page of The New York Times and garnered hundreds of other media hits ÆÆ The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice brought a delegation of students from historically Black colleges and universities to the COP23 negotiations ÆÆ Better Future Project supported students to mobilize on more than 12 campuses for fossil fuel divestment ÆÆ Youth Climate Intervenors in Minnesota participated in a legal ‘evidentiary hearing’ as part of a larger campaign to stop construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement project

ÆÆ Multiple PSN member organizations and allies supported over 25 “time capsule” actions anchored by Sunrise Movement hubs across the country (including Alliance For Climate Education leaders in North Carolina, Sierra Student Coalition Climate Justice League fellows in multiple states, and many more) highlighting the commitment (or inaction) of local leaders in the face of major steps backward through presidential appointments and reneging on the commitments of the Paris Accord. Survival Media Agency played a significant role in helping us tell the story of this work through a series of videos. Overall, the work around COP23 was a near flawless example of a collaboration across organizations in the Network with clear roles, expectations, financial support, and other components.

Time Capsules presented in front of the White House before one of 25 actions across the country. Photo credit: Sundrise

Participating Member Orgs: Sunrise Movement, SustainUS, Better Future Project, Sierra Student Coalition, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Alliance for Climate Education, Our Climate

ACTION TEAMS Zero Hour In November 2017, a group of high school students from around the country contacted Power Shift Network for support in carrying out their plans to host a lobby day and march in Washington, D.C., the following summer. Led by 16-year old activist Jamie Margolin, the team planned and executed a lobby day on July 19th, 2018, with approximately 180 participants who met with 48 Senate offices. More than 20 marches took place around the world on July 21st, mobilizing thousands of youth calling for immediate action on climate Power Shift Network member organizations showed their support through communications and media, including encouraging young people from around the country to attend the march in DC or a sister march in their city. PSN central staff provided critical operational and financial support as well as dozens of hours of mentorship and guidance.

Photo Credit: Natalie Mebane

Participating Member Orgs: Earth Guardians, Indigenous Environmental Network, Our Climate Voices, Sunrise Movement, Care About Climate

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ACTION TEAMS Trainings Leadership development is imperative to strengthen and sustain the youth climate movement, which is why PSN is focusing on supporting our members and allies via trainings and skill development opportunities. PSN hosted sessions at various convenenings. For example, PSN’s Trainings Coordinator, Hope Ghazala and Network Organizer, Meagan Lyle, alongside two local-student-organizers, Allie Lindstrom and Jessie Thornton, led a Youth Climate Justice Assembly at New Economy Coalition’s convening, Commonbound 2018. They invited young people and others who work with young people to participate in a conversation on the challenges/barriers young people face in environmental justice organizing and opportunities for building a stronger, more collective movement. They led break out groups for participants to share the challenges they face as youth organizers and identify trends. They also shared leadership development resources. PSN assisted the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC) with the relaunch of their summer program (“Sprog”). Sprog is a week-long summer leadership training program that takes place in 4-5 regions across the U.S. Sprog teaches tools for environmental and social justice activism to young people including campaign development, base building, public narrative, climate justice and much more. PSN supported recruitment, advised on facilitation, assisted with curriculum development and provided on-site support at South Sprog in Brandon, MS. In response to requests from multiple PSN member organizations, PSN members and central staff co-developed two shareable and editable leadership development tools: ÆÆ A Trainings Resource Bank with links to: - Recurring Training & Webinar Programs - Fellowships and internships - Downloadable Training Materials including recorded webinars, toolkits, best practices guides, workshop and training outlines, short readings, and more ÆÆ The PSN Actions & Trainings Calendar now includes information about trainings, webinars, and conferences hosted by Network members and allies. Anyone can download this calendar and add events.

In 2018, PSN launched the Trainers Peer Learning Circle (TPLC), which meets biweekly to expand the collective knowledge of trainings within PSN. The TPLC is a community in which trainers share training best practices, troubleshoot training challenges, pilot trainings participants hope to launch at their respective organizations, and more. As a PSN Learning Circle, participants also have opportunities to apply for PSN mini grants to fund registration, lodging, and/or travel to trainings, webinars, or conferences hosted by PSN member and ally organizations. PSN staff are committed to providing webinars that are responsive to needs we see within the Network. This year, we hosted the following webinars for our members: ÆÆ Lydia Avila, PSN's Executive Director, provided a FoundationBased Fundraising webinar that covered the basics of fundraising through private foundations, including the typical process for building a relationship with a foundation, process for applying for a grant, basic parts of a proposal, and best practices for follow-up and reporting. ÆÆ Sean Estelle, PSN’s Network Coordinator, worked with members of the Sierra Student Coalition, a Network member, to utilize Network resources and reach for a webinar on the history of colonization in Puerto Rico and what showing up in solidarity could consist of in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. ÆÆ Dany Sigwalt, PSN’s Operations Director, partnered with member organization SustainUS to host a three-part Financial Literacy webinar series, which offered overviews on creating and reading budgets and various types of financial reports. For the third installment in the series, we were able to bring in Alex Fischer from Open Bookkeeping to facilitate a session on fixing broken financial systems.

Participating Member Orgs: Post Landfill Action Network, Better Future Project, Our Climate, Climate Genederation, SustainUS

DIGITAL

DIGITAL SCOPE Last fiscal year, PSN took a hard look at how we can better use digital to meet the goals of the organization and the Network. Key elements of this work include: ÆÆ Telling the story of the Network — and ensuring all members, prospective members, and funders know who we are, what we add to the movement ecosystem, and how to access our tools and resources ÆÆ Ensuring members are able to use our digital infrastructure, join action teams, and cross-pollinate ÆÆ Ensuring non-members are able to become members, or utilize our resources if membership is not an option ÆÆ

Developing a small-dollar, grassroots fundraising strategy

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Improving our digital “health” and ability to engage others

By the numbers: ÆÆ

Our list sits at 99,943 people

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6098 individuals took action with us this fiscal year

Social Media ÆÆ Power Shift Network has a combined 89,785 social media followers across 3 platforms: - 47,342 Facebook followers - 41,200 Twitter followers - 1,243 Instagram follower ÆÆ

6,098 individuals took action with us this fiscal year

DIGITAL REACH Slack Slack is an online platform that our Network has used since the winter of 2016 to communicate and organize with each other. Network members and many non-members use our Slack to share and find resources, connect with organizers across the country doing similar work or in similar communities, issue or respond to calls to action, and plan projects and events. ÆÆ This fiscal year, we grew to nearly 1,000 slack users. As of July 6, 2018, we had 988 users, up from 732 last year--a 35% growth rate ÆÆ More importantly: Every week, an average of 98 people are actively using our Slack to advance their organizing work ÆÆ Those 988 users are sending messages across 64 channels—digital “rooms” in our Slack that are focused on particular issues, resources, or local areas. ÆÆ PSN Slack users have sent 156,100 slack messages since 2016 -65,287 of those over the last fiscal year.

Photo Credit: Brook Hines

MEMBERSHIP

Power Shift Network Membership Since the launch of our new brand and organizing model last July, 84 organizations have joined the Power Shift Network. From small individual campus groups to large environmental nonprofit organizations, members gain access to a variety of resources to organize more powerfully and effectively — like small financial grants, coaching and training support, and the ability to make connections with activists and organizers across the country. By joining, organizations demonstrate a belief in the Network’s value and say to the world “we’re in this together,” which is important for building a culture of unity and trust. Here’s what some members have said about why they are committed to building power together through PSN: “Our local work cannot succeed fully without success at the systemic level. We are invested in the Network's mission, vision and principles because mobilizing and organizing youth is critical for that change to happen.” “PSN is at the forefront of organizing students and other young people to challenge climate injustice and we believe we can both support and learn from others in the network to move towards transformative change” “Power Shift's focus on intersectionality, transparency, and equity within the environmental justice movement is right in line with our mission and our work to empower students and raise their voices as we fight for change and a more just future.” To sign up as a member organization of the Network, fill out the application form at http://bit.ly/PSNapp.

Power Shift Network's member list as of June 30, 2018 ÆAlliance Æ For Climate Education ÆBetter Æ Future Project ÆBU Æ Net Impact Undergraduate Chapter

ÆEarth Æ Art For Science ÆEarth Æ Guardians ÆEarth Æ in Brackets

ÆCalifornia Æ Student Sustainability Coalition

ÆEnding Æ Dirty Gas Exploitation to Encourage Development of a Green Economy (E.D.G.E)

ÆCampaign Æ For America

ÆEnergy Æ Justice Network

ÆCampaign Æ to Fight Toxic Prisons

ÆEnergy Æ Justice Shale Initiative

ÆCare Æ About Climate

ÆFlorida Æ Student Power Network

ÆCenter Æ for Community Action and Environmental Justice

ÆFriends Æ of the Earth ÆGaia Æ Coalition Network

ÆCenter Æ for Ecological Living ÆGamechanger Æ Labs and Learning (CELL)

Æ Exchange ÆChesapeake Æ Climate Action ÆGlobal Network ÆGlobal Æ Zero ÆCitizens Æ Coal Council ÆGrand Æ Aspirations ÆClimate Æ First! ÆGreen Æ Action ÆClimate Æ Generation ÆGreen Æ For All ÆCoFED Æ ÆGreen Æ Grinnell ÆCommunity Æ Power ÆGroundswell Æ ÆCommunity Æ student garden ÆiMatter Æ Youth (FAMU) Æ Environmental ÆCURE Æ (Clean Up the River ÆIndigenous Network Environment) ÆIntersectECO Æ ÆDeep Æ South Center For Environmental Justice

ÆKentucky Æ Environmental Student Coalition ÆLatin Æ American Youth Center ÆLORE:MEDIA Æ ÆMinnesota Æ Interfaith Power & Light ÆMinnesota Æ Public Interest Research Group ÆMN350 Æ ÆNational Æ Wildlife Federation (chiefly the NWF EcoLeaders Program) ÆNew Æ York Communities for Change ÆNorth Æ American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) ÆOil Æ Change International ÆOrganize Æ Florida Education Fund ÆOur Æ Children's Trust ÆOur Æ Climate ÆOur Æ Climate Voices ÆParvati.org Æ ÆPasco Æ Activists ÆPennsylvania Æ Student Power Network ÆPost-Landfill Æ Action Network

ÆReal Æ Food Challenge

ÆWisconsin Æ Youth Network

ÆRhode Æ Island Student Climate Coalition

ÆYoung Æ Peoples Action Coalition

ÆRice Æ University Student Association Environmental Committee

Æ350 Æ Conejo / San Fernando Valley

ÆRogue Æ Climate

Æ350 Æ DC

ÆSierra Æ Club - John Muir Chapter

Æ350.org Æ

ÆSierra Æ Student Coalition (SSC) ÆSolar Æ Head of State ÆSoulardarity Æ ÆStudent Æ Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) ÆStudents Æ of Color Environmental Collective ÆSunrise Æ Movement ÆSustainUS Æ ÆThe Æ Environmental Action Club ÆUK Æ United Students Against Sweatshops ÆUnKoch Æ My Campus ÆUS Æ Student Association ÆVirginia Æ Student Environmental Coalition ÆWe Æ Own It

ÆZero Æ Hour

Finances & Governance

FINANCES Income Type

Expenses Type

Amount

Grants

$720,040

General & Administrative

$80,859

In-Kind Revenue

$46,443

Fundraising

$65,868

Individual Donations

$26,212

Program (minus Power Shift)

$631,095

Event Registration Other Income

$6,585.00

Total Expense

$777,823

$5,522 Total Income

$804,792

Fiscal Sponsorship In June 2017, Power Shift Network launched a fiscal sponsorship program to allow smaller member organizations to access the benefits of PSN’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit status without taking on the administrative burden of running a stand-alone organization. Current fiscal sponsorees are the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition and Zero Hour. PSN supported these groups in creating fundraising and finance strategies to support the organization’s ability to make the most impact with limited resources. In addition to increasing fiscal sponsorees’ ability to fundraise, PSN’s fiscal sponsorship program offers: PSN offers its sponsorees: ÆÆ

Bookkeeping and financial management support

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Tax receipts to all donors over $250 (per IRS requirements)

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Access to our online organizing and fundraising tools

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Support with financial systems development and management

To learn more about PSN’s Fiscal Sponsorship program or to inquire about applying, visit http:// www.powershift.org/fiscal-sponsorship-program

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017-2018

Jay Carmona Sematonic Strategies

Lauren Jabusch

California Student Sustainability Coal.

Courtney Pal Student

Kwesi Chappin

Maayan Cohen

Nadya Dutchin

Rob Friedman

Color of Change

Alliance for Climate Education

Groundswell

Natural Resources Defense Council

Charlie Jiang EDF

Kendall Mackey

Natalie Mebane

Yaz Najeebi

MIchelle Suarez

Liz Veazey

350.org

Belinda Rodriguz Consultant

Danielle Simms Activist

Sierra Club

Organize Florida

Student

We Own It!

Thanks to Jeff Mann and Christa Michelet completed their term on our board in January 2018. *Organizations listed for identification purposes only

ADVISORY COUNCIL In 2017, the Power Shift Network recruited its first Advisory Council members. This group of individuals serve as champions of PSN. Members of the Advisory Council share their gifts in service to the Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission by providing our organization with their professional expertise; their diverse knowledge of constituent perspectives; their connections to local, national or international resources, colleagues or peers; or other forms of needed assistance. We are grateful to have these talented group of individuals looking out for the best interest of our Network.

Jennie Curtis

Executive Director, Garfield Foundation

Abby Fenton

Director of Youth Programs, Climate Generation

Holmes Hummel

Founder, Clean Energy Works

Jessica Lam

Senior Program Associate for Clean Power, ClimateWorks Foundation

Asheen Phansey

Sustainability Solution Experience Sr. Manager, Dassault SystĂ¨mes

Jessica Ronald

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives Manager, Sierra Club

Jigar Shah

Co-Founder, Generate Capital

Nathan Willcox

Manager of Climate Advocacy Lab, Skoll Global Threats Fund

A STRONG MOVEMENT NEEDS RESOURCES. THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE YOUTH CLIMATE MOVEMENT!

Major Donors Michelle Hertz | Holmes Hummel | Sergio Knaebel | Benjamin Quinto