by CiaraWilliams | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
Hello PLAN Members! I’m Ciara (she/her) and I am one of PLAN’s two Co-Executive Directors. I graduated from Swarthmore College in 2016 with a degree in education and environmental studies. I got my start as an environmental justice activist organizing against an incinerator in my hometown of Chester, PA. My friends, family, and neighbors imagined […]
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by Isabel Jenkins | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
Howdy! I’m Isabel (she/her), PLAN’s first-ever Director of Communications. I am a Kentucky native who graduated from the University of Kentucky in May 2020 with a degree in Environmental Science focused on Communications and Urban & Community Forestry. I love combining my passions for design, community-building, and intersectional environmentalism to creatively educate. My role in […]
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by Post-Landfill Action Network | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
Hey PLAN Community! My name is Baleigh Epperly (She/ They) and I wanted to take a moment to chat about student power and driving an effort for your campus to break free from plastic! I am a senior in undergrad studying Sociology at Marshall University in West...
by Post-Landfill Action Network | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog
As 2020 comes to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to extend our gratitude to you, our network. This is our first letter to you as the new Co-Executive Director team, Ciara and Faye! We want to thank you for keeping us supported, motivated, and focused...
by younggrgs | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog
In September 2020, we had the great privilege of hiring six students at six different universities in the Ohio River Valley to challenge the oil and gas industry’s plans to turn this region into the next petrochemical corridor. This was made possible by the Funders...
by Post-Landfill Action Network | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog
We held the 3rd Annual Students for Zero Waste Conference (SZW) four days after the 2016 election of Donald Trump. Our team considered canceling the event after we received the results. We were unsure if we could rally the energy needed to pull off the conference and...
