![]() In addition to featuring streaming video, audio, and interactive action alerts, the Student Action Network’s web site features animated virtual newscasters that present the latest action news and guide people through the process of taking action. The Student Action Network equips participating organizations with sophisticated multimedia-based online activism tools, allowing them to instantly contact their membership and generate thousands of emails and faxes to top decision-makers. The Student Action Network is doing just that.” “Environmental Defense recognizes the importance of educating and inspiring young people to take action. “Encouraging young people to become active in environmental and social issues is the key to a sustainable future,” said Benjamin Smith, director of the Environmental Defense Action Network. Environmental Defense is the primary sponsor of the Student Action Network. Organizations participating in the Student Action Network include the Sierra Student Coalition, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!), Global Youth Connect, Earthnet, POPsustainability, Students for a Free Tibet, and Youthlink. ![]() “Student Action Network gives young people the tools to become educated on critical environmental and social justice issues, and provides them the tools to contribute to positive social change.” Visit SAN’s website at “National polls show that young people consider the destruction of the environment to be one of the biggest problems facing their generation,” said Severn Williams, Communications Director for the Student Action Network. The goal of SAN is to use the Internet to make social awareness and activism a part of mainstream youth culture. San Francisco, CA New York, NY - A new coalition of student environmental and social justice groups have joined forces to form the nation’s largest youth-based online activism partnership, called the Student Action Network (SAN).
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