Result

Being three of 40 campus stops on the national Textbook Rebellion Tour to raise awareness about the high cost of textbooks and affordable solutions. The tour collected 10,000 petition signatures and was featured in 100 news stories.

Thanks for being part of NJPIRG and helping make 2011 such a success.  Check out some of our highlights from the year:

• Reducing the burden of student loan debt by capping students' monthly loan payments and stopping aggressive cuts to Pell grants, the federal financial aid program that serves more than 9 million students.

• Building more energy efficient communities by educating 850 elementary school, community members, and college students about energy efficiency and weatherizing fifty homes to help homeowners and college students living off campus save energy and money

• Collecting 400 petitions and generated 150 phonecalls to Governor Christie’s office to stop dangerous gas drilling, known as fracking, on the Delaware River

• Being three of 40 campus stops on the national Textbook Rebellion Tour to raise awareness about the high cost of textbooks and affordable solutions. The tour collected 10,000 petition signatures and was featured in 100 news stories.

• Collecting 2,000 student pledges to show support for banning plastic bags on Rutgers' campus.

• Organizing our annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, educating 350 students about poverty, collecting 2,500 food and necessity items for local food pantries, and raising $2,000 to fight poverty locally and for famine relief.

• Partnering with the Interfraternity Council and the City of New Brunswick at to organize a street cleanup with 275 volunteers.

• Teaming up with the cast of Mad Men to make a Funny or Die video supporting High Speed Rail

By joining together and funding NJPIRG here at Rutgers, we've been able get results. Thanks for your support!