During the second week of June, Renewal's co-coordinators Ben and AJ made a trip from their respective states of Illinois and North Caroling to the nation's Capital for a week of lobbying and meetings. Since I've been my spending summer as a research intern in DC, I was lucky enough to join them for a couple of interesting days. The National Wildlife Federation had just recently formed an interesting and exciting alliance with the Christian Coalition of America. Together, along with the Evangelical Environmental Network, they organized an event to fly in faith leaders from around the country for a lobbying effort on climate change. Renewal was invited to represent the rising generation in the pastor's congregations and on professors' campuses.