Campus Progress, is happy to announce its Progressive Partnerships for 2009-10. Progressive Partnerships, part of the Action Alliance program, are year-long intensive relationships between Campus Progress and youth-led groups working on issue campaign or movement building projects.

Campus Progress will provide guidance, networking, strategic planning, and training for these organizations in order to help strengthen the progressive movement over the long term, and help young people make concrete change in their communities now. Click here to learn more about the 2009-10 Progressive Partnerships.

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The Activist Resource Center (ARC) at Brandeis University seeks to promote positive social, cultural, political, and economic change by providing resources to student activists. Their goal is to facilitate communication and cooperation between activist organizations and create a more vibrant community of activism at Brandeis. The ARC works to give student activists the information and tools they need to be effective organizers and to offer information about the broad range of activist opportunities both on and off campus to the Brandeis community.   

Campus and Community United is a youth led organization at the University of Southern California. Its members are committed to uniting and empowering the University Park Community to create a just and vibrant neighborhood. We seek a responsible future for both campus and community members by advocating for: affordable housing, both in its preservation and creation; safety, while engaging enduring stereotypes about the community; local small business development and entrepreneurship; environmental sustainability in future neighborhood developments. 

The Coalition of Alabama Students for the Environment (CASE) is a newly formed coalition that brings students from across Alabama together to share tactics, resources and campaigns. Alabama will join many other states in having it's very own network of passionate climate leaders demanding a sane energy policy.  

The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) is a student run organization at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. They promote awareness of all things LGBTQ on their campus.  They organize social events, provide literature and educational materials, and provide a safe haven for LGBTQ students of all colors, creed, abilities, age, gender, and sexuality.  They also are looking forward to hosting a series of relevant events on their campus this year.  

Ignite Greensboro is a student run, led, and built project that raises awareness of the International Civil Rights Museum and Center. They are attempting to raise $30,000-$50,000 for scholarships, community building projects, civil rights movement speaker engagements, and an intergenerational gift to the museum itself. It seeks to bridge commonalities between students, institutions, and the community. Their goal and purpose is to get students involved and aware of the culture and history of Greensboro, and they pursue this goal through a multitude of creative projects, including flash mobs. They are currently working on an oral history documentary, a black and white photographic interpretation project, and a benefit concert series. Ignite Greensboro will reestablish a sense of responsibility to the community, culture and history of Greensboro.

Our Earth is an environmental organization at the University of Oklahoma that strives to educate their peers and encourage them to take action on environmental issues affecting the OU community. This year they hope to work with other progressive organizations on their campus to gain new organizing skills. The Progressive Partnership will help them build the strength of the Oklahoman progressive movement and build important connections with other organizations.   

The Progressive Student Alliance works to promote social justice at Northeastern University and in their community through education, negotiation, and direct action. Their three primary campaigns are Justice for Janitors, Fair Trade Dining, and a Sweatshop Free Campus. Recent work includes replacing over 75% of the school's coffee with fairly traded blends, and organizing over a hundred students to march on the university president's house in support of a fair wage for their janitorial staff. 

Tufts Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) is a student group that seeks to challenge rape culture on campus by (1) working with the administration to improve the school's sexual assault policy, (2) providing educational campaigns to raise awareness about issues around consent, healthy relationships, sex positivity, sexual violence, active by standing, etc., (3) implement better prevention programs, and (4) improve the way that Tufts responds to sexual assault.