Green Corps

Green Corps Inc.
Formation 1992 (1992)[1]
Founders Leslie Samuelrich, Gina Cummings[2]
Type 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization[3]
Exec. Dir.
 Annie Sanders
Budget
$1,668,335[4]
Website www.greencorps.org

Green Corps is an environmental organization[5] in the United States[6] that trains recent college graduates[7] in a one-year post-graduate program[8] in grassroots community organizing. During the program, Green Corps organizers learn in the classroom and are deployed in the field to work on campaigns.[9]

Founding

Green Corps was founded in 1992 by Leslie Samuelrich and Gina Cummings[10] with the financial backing of U.S. Public Interest Research Group[11] in response to the momentum created by Earth Day 1990. Green Corps was created to channel young talent into environmental advocacy causes.[12]

Campaign history

Green Corps is hired by non-profits such as the Sierra Club to manage their campaigns in the field.[13] Campaigns Green Corps has worked on include:

  • Launching fossil fuel divestment campaigns on campuses.[14][15][16]
  • Launching a national campaign to label GMO foods.[17]
  • Leading the fights to shut coal plants on college campuses.[18]

Leadership

Executive Directors

Executive Directors of Green Corps have included:

  • 1992 - 2008 Leslie Samuelrich
  • 2008 - 2012 Cindy Kang
  • 2012 - July 2017 Joshua Buswell-Charkow
  • July 2017 - present Annie Sanders

Board of Directors

The current Green Corps Board of Directors includes:[19]

  • Douglas H. Phelps, President and Executive Director, The Public Interest Network
  • Bob Bingaman, National Organizing Director, Sierra Club (Resigned from the Board in July 2016)
  • Cindy Kang, Executive Coaching Fellow, The Management Center
  • Andy MacDonald, National Campus Organizing Director, Student PIRGs
  • Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Capital Management
  • Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, The Public Interest Network
  • Matt Wilson, Executive Director, MASSCreative
  • Naomi Roth, Massachusetts Organizing Director, Families for Excellent Schools
  • Pete Maysmith, Executive Director, Conservation Colorado
  • Phil Radford, Former Executive Director, Greenpeace
  • Kirsten Collings, Deputy Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Green Corps Inc". Earth Share Washington. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Green Corps". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Green Corps". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. ↑ "Green Corps Financials". Guidestar. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  5. ↑ "Green Corps". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Green Corps. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Green Corps Field School for Environmental Organizers". Idealist. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  8. ↑ "Seniors seek to secure careers". Whitman Pioneer. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  9. ↑ "13 Service Opportunities For The Altruistic And Spiritual College Graduate". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Green Corps". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  11. ↑ "Green Corps: About Us". Green Corps. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  12. ↑ "Green Corps Inc". Earth Share Washington. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  13. ↑ "Green Corps Helps Grow Young Environmentalists It's A Different Kind Of Postgrad Training - Channeling Idealism Into The Real World". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  14. ↑ "Divest UA campaign to raise awareness about fossil fuels". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  15. ↑ "Students push for fossil fuel endowment divestment". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  16. ↑ "Student group demands divestment from fossil fuel companies". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  17. ↑ "Push to mark food containing GMOs gains traction in Q-C, Iowa". Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  18. ↑ "Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  19. ↑ "Green Corps Board of Directors". Green Corps. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
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