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Our Hunger and Homelessness Campaign is chock full of events in April. Check out the full story to find out what happened and what's happening as we make a difference in the lives of those in need.
Yesterday we released a new report, Transportation and the New Generation: Why Young People are Driving Less and What it Means for Transportation Policy, that shows that young people in particular are decreasing the amount they drive and increasing their use of transportation alternatives.
Hunger and Homelessness is collecting food and clothing donations for our National Day of Service on April 14th. Make a donation today! Stop by the MaryPIRG office, 3110 South Campus Dining Hall to drop it off.
US PIRG held a huge press conference with Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and coalition partners on March 13th. At the press conference, we delivered 130,000 petitions to Congress to urge them to not double student interest rates in July. We also got 465 media hits nationwide on the event!
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Rock Out to good music for a great cause! Come check out our Benefit concer this Tuesday in Hoff. Tickets are $5 and all the proceed go to the National Coalition for the Homeless!
Thanks to everyone who attended and performed at the Resolve to Fight Poverty Conference!
Textbooks are too expensive! In response, we've called upon the undead to let students and professors at UMD know about more affordable options. Come check out the Graveyard!
The Canpaign is an international effort raising goods and funds for the victims of the famine in Somalia.
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Students let Professors know they want more affordable Textbooks! -
College Park citizens cast their votes in the City Council election. -
Students participate in a survey about water bottle use and accessibility to refilling stations on campus. -
Tabling at the First Look Fair with over 200 other student groups! -
The Textbook Rebellion comes to town demonstrating the need for more affordable textbooks. -
Calling interested volunteers to Get Involved with MaryPIRG! -
Our zombie volunteers exemplify what happens to textbooks after they 'die' at the end of the semester. -
The Food Recovery Network donates another carload of food to the hungry in DC. -
Follow the Vote Goat to vote during the city council election. -
MaryPIRG students collect canned food for the Canpaign at UMD. -
Gravestone from the Textbooks Graveyard showing the need for more affordable textbook options.
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