Focus the Nation Support

Pledge in support of Focus the Nation and Professors who have signed it.

Pledge

Focus the Nation will be a one day event of grassroots action to encourage politicians to fight global warming. It will be held at colleges across the country in early 2008. As citizens we have a moral duty to consider this issue because it concerns the future well being of our families and our country. As educators, college professors have an extra responsibility and a special voice to address this issue.

Our views are clear:

1. We agree that global warming is happening and that human beings are causing it.
2. We believe that there are possible solutions to mediate its effects.
3. We believe the best solutions require national political willpower.
4. We can affect national politics by dedicated, concentrated and intelligent local action.

In light of this issue, I,____________________, hereby pledge to dedicate one day of my class time at the beginning of the spring 2008 semester to a discussion of climate change. I will be able to decide how this will happen, either through a class discussion on how my field relates to global warming, or by taking my class to one of the day's educational events on the issue.

By showing my support for Focus the Nation, I am also helping to convince my fellow staff members and administrators of the college of the importance of this issue.

Support

1. Joan Edwards
2. George Truran
3. Claire Ting
4. Heather Williams
5. David P. Richardson
6. Sarah Goh
7. E.J. Johnson
8. Lois Bonta
9. Jason Wilder
10. Henry W. Art
11. Cecilia Chang
12. Sam Crane
13. Dan Lynch
14. Mark Johnson
15. Dwight Whitaker
16. Glyn Norton
17. Arun Swamy
18. Jennifer French
19. Tara Sanchez
20. Antonia Foias
21. Christopher Nugent
22. Li Yu
23. Shanti Singham
24. Wendy Raymond