The Greater Boston Area has its roots deep in Revolution. The American Revolution was born here in the "Cradle of Liberty". Frederick Douglas began his career as an abolitionist here, reading William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator and speaking at anti-slavery meetings. The home of the Industrial Revolution also lies west of the city in Watlham, where the Boston Manufacturing Company built the first textile mill in America.
The Greater Boston Area is also home to the highest per capita concentration of students, ranking first per 100,000 population in enrollment, degrees granted, and per capita spending on higher education.
This Fall, the area's top energy & environmental student groups invite the leading students, graduates, and young professionals to come together for a two-day MIR Project East Coast Symposium. These young visionaries will learn, share, and launch a Modern Indsutrial Revolution for the city of Boston and beyond.
GETTING INVOLVED
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MIR East Coast Symposium Application (2-page Word doc)
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9:30am-10am: Registration
- 10am-10:30am: Icebreaker
- 10:30am-11:30am: Campaign Intro's: Campus Climate Neutral/MIR/Powervote/We Campaign
- 11:30am-1pm: Creating a Climate Neutral Greater Boston Area
- 1pm-2pm: Working Lunch: Mutlimedia Message to Boston,Massachusetts, and National Leaders
- 2:00-3:15: MIR Brainstorming / Intro to MAPS/Power Vote/We Campaign
- 3:15-3:25: Break
- 3:25-4:15: Training 1 - Grassroots skills
- 4:15-4:25: Break
- 4:25-5:10: Training 2 - Skills for running campaign
on campus
- 5:10-5:20: Break
- 5:20-6:00: Re-group & Debrief
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