Our Mission

As college students, we are about to face big problems when we graduate - from global warming to endangered species, from the escalating cost and declining quality of health care to the plight of the hungry and homeless.

Every campus has its share of apathy, but students care about these problems. And more than any other group of people, we have the time, the energy, the intelligence, the resources and the idealism to help solve them.

But will we?

After all, colleges and universities teach students to become effective doctors, lawyers, engineers, computer programmers, entrepreneurs, managers and the like. But they don't really teach us to become effective citizens. And effective citizenship is what it takes to shake up the status quo and get decision-makers to act on big social problems.

That's where the Indiana Public Interest Research Group, or INPIRG, comes in.

Mission Statement:
INPIRG provides students with an educational experience in democratic citizenship by giving them the opportunity to investigate a problem, develop a practical solution, and actively engage in the legislative process by working with media and decision-makers to achieve concrete goals that promote social change.