Subject: Interview for Harvard Senior Thesis?
From: Chloe Maxmin <[email-masked]>
To: "Mr. John D. Podesta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 07:20:20 +0000 (UTC)

| Dear Mr. Podesta,
My name is Chloe Maxmin, and I am a Senior at Harvard College. I have been a climate activist since I was 12 years old, working with the grassroots climate movement to build widespread support for political action on climate change. I also co-founded Divest Harvard, a student-run campaign calling on Harvard University to divest its $36.4 billion endowment from fossil fuels companies. I have been very fortunate and honored to receive recognition for my activist work, including the Brower Youth Award, being named a "Green Hero" by Rolling Stone, and appearing in Real Time with Bill Maher.
I'm in the process of writing my senior thesis. My research examines political mobilization strategies in the climate movement. My goal is to understand and critically assess the climate movement’s strategies for political mobilization and produce analysis and recommendations to enhance the movement’s effectiveness with respect to political mobilization. 
I am hoping to interview you for my thesis. I know that you are very busy, and so I understand if you do not have time. But I think that your perspective is very important to this study given your insights into the political system. Do you have 30 minutes in the coming weeks for an interview? I am aiming to finish my interviews before Christmas, so I can be flexible on time. If you request, I will keep the data that I collect confidential and will not share your personal information with anyone aside from my thesis advisor, Ellen Dorsey.
Let me know if you would be available for an interview in the next few weeks. I can work around your schedule. 
Thank you very much, 
Chloe MaxminHarvard College, Class of 2015Founder, First Here, Then Everywherewww.firstheretheneverywhere.orgTwitter: chloemaxmin |