Dear admin of NGO Resource Center,<div><br></div><div>Please help me post this to the NGO Climate Change group. Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear Sirs/Madams,</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">I am writing to reach out to the organizations working on climate change and energy, about a new climate campaign led by <a href="http://350.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">350.org</a>, and to be more exact, by young people across the world, called Global Power Shift (GPS) <a href="http://globalpowershift.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://globalpowershift.org/</a>. GPS aims to spark a new phase of the climate change movement by creating a global gathering of young climate activists around the world. We seek to empower young climate leaders worldwide to lead campaigns and mobilize in their home countries. </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">GPS consists of two phases:�</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></font><ul style="font-family:Times;white-space:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Phase 1 is a </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">fully-subsidized international conference</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> of mostly young people in Istanbul, Turkey from June 10-17, 2013. </span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Phase 2 is the action phase, where youth leaders will organize national and regional summits to continue the movement forward. </span></li>
</ul><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial">In short, GPS is all about shifting energy globally to help to solve the climate crisis. And now, through NGO RC, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">I would like to explore any opportunity for your organization to be our partner for this great campaign, either at the regional or national levels.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Even as we speak, the GPS team is contacting climate leaders and organizations from across the world to empower the movement and support our young leaders on a national level. And so, more specifically, we want to invite you to join us specifically as a </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">campaign partner </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">and r</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">ecruitment partner.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">As a recruitment partner, you can simply help us by spreading the word about the Global Power Shift!</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Get the word out about GPS to your team and networks, and get people talking about it! This is a great opportunity to create momentum for the global climate movement and building buzz helps make that happen. Some ideas to do this include:</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="Arial" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></font><ul style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;white-space:normal;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Send out an e-blast or newsletter that lets people know about GPS and encourage them to apply to the event in Turkey </span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Nominate your colleague(s) or any bright individuals from your working community to us, the ones who have been working on energy, climate change, etc, simply by applying on our GPS site <a href="http://apply.globalpowershift.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://apply.globalpowershift.org/</a> Of course, this does not exclude YOU :)</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;white-space:normal;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Like GPS on Facebook and tweet about GPS on Twitter!</span></li>
</ul><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">As a campaign partner, your organization will be expected to work with us in coordinating the Power Shift campaign in Vietnam, and/or in any other countries where you operate.</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>
</b></span></font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">A crucial emphasis of GPS is more action than talk. After the conference in Turkey, we will work with campaign partners to launch a series of national follow up events and mobilizations in 2013. Country after country will organize summits to build on or launch national climate campaigns. These summits will also empower participants from around the country to return home equipped to lead local actions, leading towards global public actions in 2014 and 2015.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">As a campaign partner, you will work with GPS participants from our region to organize national/regional summits, which may include: mobilizing local support & resources, putting together a team, planning the programme, designing the schedule, developing a campaign plan, and more.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Please let me know if you are interested in hearing more, and I will send you another email about 350 work in the region, and maybe discuss how we should proceed with our future discussions.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Attached please find a one-pager describing the Global Power Shift, please feel free to pass it on to your network. </span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you very much, and really look forward to hearing from you again.<br>
</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,<br></span></font><br></span></span><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Hong</span></font></span></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></span></div></span></span></div><div>-- <br><div><div><div><span>Hong Hoang |�<a href="http://350.org" target="_blank"><font color="#3333ff">350.org</font></a>�Southeast Asia Co-Coordinator |�<a href="mailto:hong@350.org" target="_blank">hong@350.org</a>�| (84) 903 403 686 | skype: hongwwf |�<a href="http://www.350.org" target="_blank"><font color="#3333ff">www.350.org</font></a>�</span>|�<span><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#3333ff"><a href="http://globalpowershift.org/" style="white-space:normal;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><font color="#3333ff"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;white-space:normal">http://globalpowershift.</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-weight:normal;background-image:initial">org</span></font></a>�</font></font></span></span></span>|<span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#1155cc"> </font></font></span></span><font color="#3333ff"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/vietnam350" target="_blank"><font color="#3333ff">www.facebook.com/vietnam350</font></a>�</font></div>
<div><span>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br><br><b><a href="http://350.org/" target="_blank">350.org</a>�is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis.</b>�Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. You can join�<a href="http://350.org/" target="_blank">350.org</a>�on Facebook by becoming a fan of our page at�<a href="http://facebook.com/350org" target="_blank">facebook.com/350org��</a>and follow us on twitter by visiting�<a href="http://twitter.com/350" target="_blank">twitter.com/350</a>. If you are in Vietnam, you can connect with thousands of 350 friends in the country by becoming a fan of�<a href="http://facebook.com/vietnam350" target="_blank">facebook.com/vietnam350</a>. To join our list (maybe a friend forwarded you this e-mail) visit�<a href="http://www.350.org/signup" target="_blank">www.350.org/signup</a>. To support our work, donate securely online at�<a href="http://350.org/donate" target="_blank">350.org/donate</a>.<br>
<b><br>What is 350?�</b>350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Scientists measure carbon dioxide in "parts per million" (ppm), so 350ppm is the number humanity needs to get below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change. To get there, we need a different kind of PPM�a "people powered movement" that is made of people like you in every corner of the planet.</span></div>
</div></div>
</div>