<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:1q9" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-:1qa" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">I wanted to share a wonderful opportunity that students may be interested in, </span><i style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">The Rachel Carson Council National Environment Leadership Fellowship!</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Link to apply to the 2025-26 cohort: <a href="https://apply.workable.com/rachel-carson-council/j/F988C1A688/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://apply.workable.com/rachel-carson-council/j/F988C1A688/</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The RCC National Environment Leadership Fellowship (NELF) Program is designed to identify outstanding students with a passion for environmental education, organizing, and advocacy and provide them with financial support to carry out valuable projects and campaigns on behalf of the RCC. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">To apply to the program, students propose projects that are focused on sustainability and environmental justice to be carried out from their campuses and their communities. Individuals considering applying to the program may consider a wide variety of potential projects. Former fellows have run projects ranging from divestment campaigns to podcasts on environmental justice issues to campaigns for renewable energy infrastructure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are willing, please circulate around your network with students and faculty. Attached is also a flyer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2024-25 Fellowship Projects: </span></b><a href="https://rachelcarsoncouncil.org/campus-program/meet-rachel-carson-campus-fellows/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://rachelcarsoncouncil.org/campus-program/meet-rachel-carson-campus-fellows/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Diego Tovar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assistant Director of Campus and Civic Engagement, <i>Rachel Carson Council</i></span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></d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