How I Became Involved with MassPIRG.

Well. Let me do a bit of introduction, so you all know a little bit about who's the one who's going to be bringing you your MassPIRG-BCC/Environmental relevant news.

My name's Kevin Almeida, a student at BCC. I got involved with MassPIRG in a very... well, plain way. It was not by some interesting circumstance or convoluted twist of fate. I simply ended up seeing a high-school friend at a desk with a handful of others and a clipboard. My friend is roughly double my size, and when I approached him and said hello, his immediate response was; "KEVIN. SIGN THIS." as he thrusted the clipboard towards me. At first, I was confused.

"What's 'this'?" I asked, and he told me it was a sign up sheet for MassPIRG. What was MassPIRG? I was told it was a student run, student funded organization who are environmentally and socially minded and fight to make a difference for students, the environment, and the less able alike. The paper had a range of interests that I could participate in, from internship to global warming, to helping the hungry and homeless and better waste management. They even had student debt plans to help lower book costs.

I was told of a few of their projects, including their most recent one, a Zombie Walk for Hunger. Amusingly, they're going to dress up as Zombies and collect donations around the campus, which piqued my interest.

I checked off a few, and ended up getting a call from some people at the office here at BCC. Despite my inability to participate due to a horribly busy schedule, Tiffany gave me this job; to blog important news about the group's activities and interesting news on the environment.

Nice to meet you all who will hopefully continue to visit this site to keep up on MassPIRG's activities and other important news.