Our project has been covered by the Washington Post; Channel 8 News; Fox 5 News; WTOP News; local NPR station WAMU 88.5 FM; and our local community newspapers, The Takoma Voice and the Gazette. Links to these along with video links to our testimony before the Takoma Park City Council and the Montgomery County Board of Education follow: September-October 2011 BethesdaMagazine.com "Bethesda Green Gala" October 12th, 2011 Montgomery County Gazette "Bethesda Green Honors Groups for Positive Environmental Efforts" October 5th, 2011 Bethesda Green Gala Young Activist Club wins Green Award! "2011 Bethesda Green Gala Highlights" October 6th, 2011 Bethesda Patch "A Night of Green at Roundhouse Theater" May 24th, 2010, 10 pm NewsChannel 8 Tiffany Wilson "Students Battle School Board Over Styrofoam Trays" May 24th, 2010, 4:30 pm NewsChannel 8 "Parents to Fight Another Round of School Cuts" Young Activist Club Press Release for March 23rd Resolving the Food Fight: Community Forum on Lunch Trays and Healthy Schools March 24th, 2010 Capital News Service TV March 24th, 2010 WAMU 88.5 FM Grade School Students Reject Styrofoam Lunch Trays by Elliot Francis scroll down page about 2/3 March 24th, 2010 WTOP News Food fight: Students oppose styrofoam lunch trays by Michelle Basch see below for mp3 files of the two stories that aired March 23rd, 2010 Fox News Md. School Kids Say No to Styrofoam in Lunchroom by Will Thomas February 3rd, 2010 County Youth Town Hall Meeting, Rockville, MD aired live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM) station, search by 7 pm and date: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/cable/site/watchcountycable_rev.asp Anna testified on behalf of the club and garnered the biggest applause of the evening November 11, 2009 Board of Education testimony available online: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/archive/2009-1111.shtm. Our testimony begins 14:15 minutes into the proceedings October 10, 2009, DC Green Festival AFP video clip of Young Activist Club building giant trash sculpture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eXgP5e27Zc&feature=channel_page July 28, 2009, WAMU local NPR radio news: http://wamu.org/news/09/07/28.php#27867 July 28, 2009, Baltimore Sun blog: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/education/blog/2009/07/montgomery_county_and_elementa.html July 27, 2009, Board of Education testimony available online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6oCTR67u6g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vQbKJxVDmg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXpeAfP88Dw July/August 2009, Takoma Voice: "Tray Chic" article, page 38. http://www.takoma.com/archives/.../TKP_MN_070109_00_00_036_b.pdf June 8, 2009, Washington Post article, "Early Lesson in Eco-Activism Comes From Economics Book -- Kids Seek Reusable Trays; Officials Cite Cost" FRONT PAGE!!!: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060804098.html June 10, 2009, Gazette article, "Young activists take stand on Styrofoam lunch trays": http://www.gazette.net/stories/06102009/silvnew180945_32526.shtml June 15, 2009, Rush Limbaugh morning radio address ridicules us. Hey, we've made it to the big time!! He's mean, don't you think? http://www.werushdaily.com/forums/the-morning-update/priorities Rush's radio remarks: for link go to http://therogersinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/06/rush-limbaughs-morning-update.html June 7, 2009, Takoma Park City Council passes resolution: http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/clerk/agenda/items/2009/060809-1.pdf June 7, 2009, we testify at City Council hearing. Here's a link to the video of us testifying: http://takomapark.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=85 |