Amidst the flurry of media and rhetoric on the campaign trail, the historic events of Tuesdays election, and the looming questions of where we go from here, there is only one word that comes to mind: Satyagraha.

For me this strange sounding word has a very personal meaning. Mohandas Gandhi coined it during his peaceful struggle to win Indian independence from the oppressive British Empire. In Hindi it translates roughly as “Truth-Force”. Gandhi defines it as, “Truth (Satya) implies Love, and Firmness (Agraha)

-Speak Truth to Power: We are the bearers of truth, the defenders of reason, facts, and science. I can say this with the utmost certainty knowing that the global scientific community has spoken and the science is conclusive. WE KNOW THE TRUTH. We are right and the climate deniers are so clearly and painfully wrong. With confidence we must confront the lies and false solutions of the fossil fuel industry head on. We must overpower them with the blinding light of truth.

-We are Powerful: We as young people have a tremendous power. A force or “Agraha” that is undeniable. I have been constantly blown away by the infinite power of people when we come together and demand social justice. I truly believe that we can accomplish anything. In the last several months alone we have had millions of conversations about clean, just energy and gotten almost 350,000 people to join our movement. Wow! Just think about that for a moment.

-Non-Violent direct action: It is time for us to take more nonviolent direct action. Even Al Gore has called for it on several occasions , and I was half expecting him to lead into on the webcast, because for me non-violent direct action is at the very core of Satyagraha. It is encouraging to see more and more of these actions happen across the country. We are a force so full of love and youthful energy that we are ready to lay it all on the line. Gandhi dismissed the ineffectiveness of mere