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Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Join CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nucitelli for a review of a new tool from Dr. Drew Shindell's lab that helps advocates display on the state-level climate co-benefits. Dr. Shindell's research is one of the main underpinnings behind CCL's emphasis that carbon pricing also helps clean the air and saves lives based on his recently published peer-reviewed article in PNAS: Temporal and spatial distribution of health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation in the United States.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:07) About Dr. Shindell's Team
(5:01) Overview of the Results
(7:25) Value of a Statistical Life
(12:12) Introducing the Tool
(15:29) Explaining the Scenarios
(22:53) Choosing Your Impact
Tool: http://shindellgroup.rc.duke.edu/apps/decarb/
PNSA Article: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/46/e2104061118
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/state-climate-health-tool
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/425
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Join Citizens' Climate International's Global Strategy Director Joseph Robertson, Cathy Orlando, Citizens’ Climate International Program Director, Isatis Cintron, CCI Board Member and Latin American Regional Coordinator and Solemi Hernandez CCL Southeast Regional Coordinator for an update and review on all that happened at COP26 and how it connects with CCL's work.
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(0:00) Agenda and Intro
(1:33) What is COP and Why is it important?
(7:50) COP26 Outcomes & Article 6.8
(12:20) Canada
(20:59) ACE - Action for Climate Empowerment
(36:20) People's Pavilion
(42:14) Road to COP27 and Conclusion
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/cop-26-slides
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/383
Background reading:
https://www.citizensclimateintl.news/p/cci-welcomes-cop26-commitments-to
https://www.citizensclimateintl.news/p/glasgow-outcomes-need-to-protect
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Join CCL Regional Coordinator Jon Clark for a training designed for those who wish to learn more about leading a lobby meeting with a member of Congress or staff. In this training, we'll review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times and how to handle other special situations. This training is Part IV in the “Working With Congress” training series, designed to help our more experienced volunteers and citizen lobbyists get ready for our June lobbying meetings.
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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(2:45) The Importance of Leadership
(9:54) Advance Planning
(20:21) Meeting Planning Suggestions
(24:16) Expressing Leadership - Before, During, After Meeting
(38:24) Meeting Minutes & Final Considerations
Additional Resources:
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/lobbylead
Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress/lobbying-401
Questions: https://cclusa.org/forums
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Last week President Biden released a framework for the budget and Majority Leader Schumer is giving Senators one week to make adjustments, including consideration of a carbon fee with a rebate. We’re holding a special meeting tonight for CCL leadership to talk about this (hopefully) last push to call the Senate and ask for a carbon price in reconciliation.
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(0:00) Introduction & Opening Remarks
(3:19) Legislative Landscape Update
(11:34) Q&A on Legislative Updates
(18:40) Calling Campaign Details
(26:17) Closing Thoughts from Madeleine Para
(27:21) Halloween Cashback Video
(29:18) Closing Thoughts from Mark Reynolds
(30:29) A Reminder Of Who We Are
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/call-congress-price-slides
For people with Democratic Senators: https://cclusa.org/senate-call
For people without Democratic Senators: https://cclusa.org/house-call
Short link that works for everyone: https://cclusa.org/action
Budget Reconciliation Actions Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/reconciliation-actions Register for the November Conference: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-change-conferences/fall/
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Are you curious about what to expect about the November Conference and Lobby Days or have a question about any final details? Join Amy Bennett, CCL Director of Congressional Liaisons & Lobby Days and Alison Kubicsko, National Events Manager, for a final walk-through of the who, what, and where for the November Conference and Lobby Days to help you prepare for what to expect with the schedule, logistics, and details.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:25) CCL Lobby Days
(13:54) CCL Conference Overview
Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/logistics
Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/272
Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/citizensclimatelobby
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/citizensclimate/
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Join CCL's State and Local Media Coordinator Charlotte Ward for a training that will be focused on how you can best utilize CCL's amazing suite of media resources to amplify the importance of including an ambitious price on carbon in the emerging reconciliation process, including customizing and submitting one of CCL’s op-ed templates, asking an editor for an editorial, writing more local letters to the editor and amplifying your media work on social media.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(7:45) Step 1: Become A Media Manager
(10:48) Step 2: Find & Share LTE Opportunities
(14:41) Step 3: Boost Visibility w/ Op-Eds
(25:02) Step 4: Link Up With Your Liaison
(28:28) Step 5: Make The News
(32:21) Step 6: Aim For An Editorial
(35:04) Step 7: Get Social!
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/jump-start-media-slides
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/372
Print Media Resources: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources#media-relations
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Join CCL's Marketing Manager Ashley Hunt Martorano for a training that walks you through the strategic ways you can leverage the power of their own social media profiles to amplify and support the actions CCL is taking to help ensure strong climate policy like a carbon price is included in the emerging details of the budget reconciliation process.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(4:00) Why Take Action Now?
(11:09) Twitter Actions
(19:15) Facebook Actions
(25:38) Instagram Actions
(32:32) TikTok Actions
(37:06) LinkedIn Action and Final reminders
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/10-social-actions-slides
Social Media Toolkit for CCL's Reconciliation Campaign: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/489
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Contact community leaders you know and ask them to personally call to urge their members of Congress to support carbon pricing in climate legislation. Join CCL Action Director Todd Elvins and CCL leaders Robin Paone and Mark Welsch to find out how you can take action locally.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:03) Why now and which community leaders?
(6:38) How they should contact their members of Congress?
(8:15) How else to highlight support?
(9:50) Volunteer success stories
CCL Training Page:
https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/420
Endorse at:
https://energyinnovationact.org/endorse/
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Join CCL Strategy Director Tony Sirna for a background review of the budget reconciliation process, understand how this process might apply to carbon fee and dividend related legislation and review additional climate legislation emerging from the Senate and House packages.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:23) Background on Reconciliation & Filibuster
(4:37) More about Reconciliation & Budget Resolution
(11:53) Carbon Fee & Dividend in Reconciliation
(16:33) Other Climate Policy In Reconciliation
(33:40) What Have Studies Found?
(39:19) Q&A Discussion
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/reconciliation-explained-slides
Budget Reconciliation Actions: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/reconciliation-actions
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/487
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Join CCL leaders for a review of CCL's training on our five pillars of transformational organizing to help us strengthen our leadership development and capacity throughout our organization. We'll review suggestions and ideas in our groups will increase the number of highly engaged and motivated people that we work with and enable us to reach our goals!
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(0:00) Intro & Background
(3:19) The Pyramid of Engagement
(9:50) The CCL Way
(15:06) The Conditions that Motivate
(20:22) The Elimination of Blame
(27:13) The Empowerment of Volunteers
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/transformational-organizing-slides
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/222