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Reel Power @ PowerShift

April 1, 2011 BY admin

Reel Power is excited to announce that our films will be part of the 2011 Power Shift program from April 15-18 in Washington D.C. This year’s Power Shift will feature Vice President Al Gore, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Green Jobs leader Van Jones, 350.org founder Bill McKibben, and a Reel Power film festival!

Power Shift is the world’s largest youth gathering and training for climate change solutions. This year the conference will serve as the largest grassroots organizing training in history with the goals of catalyzing the clean energy economy, initiating more clean energy research on college campuses, and moving communities beyond dirty energy.

Reel Power films will be featured during Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening programs and Reel Power filmmakers will participate on panel discussions throughout the weekend about our world’s most important climate challenges. Check out the write up on the PowerShift blog about Reel Power! Be sure to come to Washington D.C. and join over 10,000 youth leaders from across the country as we take a stand for the planet – Register for Power Shift today!

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