Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a student organization that seeks economic and social justice for everyone around the world. The SDS chapter at UNCC (The University of North Carolina at Charlotte) was built up by a group of college activists who were eager to keep SDS alive for our generation today (for a [...]

For these last ten days of our expedition, we got on a boat and headed to paradise.  Literally.  The white sandy beaches, swaying palm trees and the warm turquoise waters of Maratua Island were much too picturesque to seem real.  As part of our stay here, we went in two groups to spend a night [...]

The Most Awkward Part
As far as introductions go, I have been fussing about this blog intro entry for about a week (Don’t judge. This is my first blog.) and have finally acknowledged some very important things.
1. I am really excited to be blogging.
2. I need to introduce myself for the sake of any readers I [...]

Are you part of a RYSE Group? Or does your group work on RAN campaigns? If so, we need your help. We’ve created a quick survey to see what groups are doing out there and how we can best serve you. Take the RAN Group Census to tell us what your group is up to, [...]

RAN was absolutely thrilled to hear that two RYSE Council Members –Diana Lopez AND Alec Loorz- are amongst the dazzlingly talented and brilliant 2009 Brower Youth Award Recipients. But we weren’t surprised! These two incredible youth activists have been making powerful waves fighting global warming and planting the seeds of real change for all communities.