Join Us in Welcoming an AmeriCorps Member to Our Team!
Posted on September 13, 2011 by Andrea Crosby
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Today we are excited to announce that Emmaline Pohnl has started her AmeriCorps service with us! As an AmeriCorps member she is serving our community by working with the CUB Policy Center as a Community Organizer. Emmaline recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Education and Social Policy and a minor in Environmental Policy and Culture. Emmaline is very passionate about community organizing and social justice and has focused specifically on how environmental issues and policy effect and interact with the community. After a train ride from Chicago to Eugene, Emmaline is excited to call Portland home and work with us on this important initiative.
Emmaline’s project focuses on engaging Oregonians with Electric Vehicle policy and how it relates to consumers and the environment. Electric vehicle charging stations are being deployed throughout Oregon and are already established in the Portland area. We are interested in discovering how consumers feel about Electric Vehicles, defining what principles should be included in policy development and working with interested stakeholders to develop sound policy positions. Emmaline’s work will be crucial in identifying what questions need to be answered to ensure sound deployment and policy development, understanding the potential of electric vehicles in our state and informing decision makers in the opinions and concerns of the public.
The CUB Policy Center was selected to sponsor an AmeriCorps member in August, 2011 through the Confluence Environmental Center. Confluence was awarded a three-year AmeriCorps grant (Fall 2011-2014) through Oregon Volunteers. Under this grant, Confluence has trained twenty AmeriCorps members this year that are working in the great Portland metro area in three areas: Energy and Resource Conservation, Healthy Watersheds, and Environmental/Garden Based Education. Confluence focuses on diverse communities in environmental issues.
The AmeriCorps program allows citizens to commit to very specific and intensive service in their communities. The program was launched in 1994 and engages over 70,000 Americans in service each year. AmeriCorps members work with nonprofits, government agencies and schools, helping meet critical needs in education, public safety, health and the environment.
Make sure to keep your eyes open for informational blogs and updates about electric vehicles in Oregon.
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