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Focus the Nation is the biggest teach-in in history, with more than ten thousand volunteers building events at over 1300 schools, faith and civic organizations and businesses. If we continue to Focus the Nation, then together, we can make 2008 the year that America woke up, the year that we faced up to this civilizational challenge.
Campus to Congress: Make a plan to visit your member of congress – every member of congress – with the Choose Your Future solutions. Set the date for Monday, February 18th, when he or she will be home for the President’s Day recess. Contact us for more information. Continue to Focus the Nation: Focus the Nation is supporting Earth Day Network actions in April to raise awareness about global warming solutions. You’ll be hearing from us about this in February. Green Vote: If you do one thing during Earth Month, register to vote. In fact, register 100 people to vote! After that, work for the clean energy candidate of your choice. Make Noise: Organize an Earth Day climate action. Join the student clean energy campaigns at Energy Action, the Student PIRGS, or the Sierra Student Coalition. Join the 1-Sky Campaign, Interfaith Power and Light, or your regional climate group. Always, Keep the pressure on Congress. 
February 2009 will be a critical month in human history. The new President and Congress will be setting their agenda—and that agenda will determine if the climate can stabilize at a heating of 3-4 degrees F, or instead 5-10 degrees F. February 5th 2009, we will again call on educational, faith and civic institutions to Focus the Nation, and demand real solutions to global warming. stay informed. If you aren't already on our e-bulletin list, sin up now.Between 1960 and 1964, Americans moved from fatalistic acceptance of racial segregation to a solid determination to end Jim Crow. Between now and the end of 2008, we can move this country from a fatalistic acceptance of business-as-usual global warming. We can end the paralyzing sense that our children must accept from us an impoverished planet. We can embrace a determination to act, and hold global warming to the manageable low end.