Citizens' Climate Lobby

Take Action on a Price on Carbon in the Senate

Join CCL Executive Director Mark Reynolds, President Madeleine Para and Vice President of Government Affairs Danny Richter for a special CCL webinar for all-leaders because now is the time for a big push on the Senate.

Review the Senate legislative landscape as context for this campaign, understand how CCL will amplify our asks to both Democrat and Republican Senate office, and take action to help ensure a price on carbon is included in the reconciliation package.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(1:28) Opening Remarks
(2:27) Legislative Landscape
(9:29) Campaign Actions To Take
(14:26) Role Play Example
(19:19) Q&A Discussion

Take Action on A Price on Carbon in the Senate: https://cclusa.org/senate
CCL Crunch Time For Climate Policy: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-policy-in-budget-reconciliation/
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/price-carbon-senate-slides 
Questions? Ask on CCL Community’s Forums: https://community.citizensclimate.org/forums 

#climatechange #climate #reconciliation #priceoncarbon #carbontax

CCL Community Website Walkthrough [Core Volunteer Training]

Newer to CCL and excited to make a difference? Be sure to join us for the beginning of our next cycle of Core Volunteer Training, a series specifically created to support you in becoming more active with CCL and answering any questions you might have across a wide range of topics. This initial training focuses on helping participants navigate our websites and opportunities for harnessing the talents, experience and interests you bring to CCL with Tamara Staton, CCL's Education & Resilience Coordinator.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda 
(2:53) What Is Core Volunteer Training?
(6:22) Reviewing Our Public Facing Website
(13:16) Logging In
(14:40) Your Dashboard & Homepage
(16:28) How to Get Help 
(20:22) Glossary & Terms
(23:11) New Volunteer Page
(24:03) Setting Up Your Profile 
(27:38) Connecting with your Local CCL Chapter
(30:27) Action Teams
(33:35) CCL Community Forums
(35:51) Exploring Resources and Training
 
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/engaging-with-ccl-community  
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/core-volunteer-training/engaging-with-ccl-community  

CCL Training: How To Use CCL's Branded Resources In Your Outreach

Join CCL's Marketing Manager Ashley Hunt-Martorano and Designer Breanna Cooke for a training that will walk you through and explore the many branded resources that CCL provides our volunteers to help you with your own local outreach, including Graphic Design Templates in Canva and CCL Brand Guidelines.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:03) Why Is This Important?
(7:52) Finding Resources
(17:25) Branding Guidelines
(20:19) Canva Templates
(32:38) CCL Logos
(45:52) CCL Photos
(50:55) Messaging, Values, & Tone
(53:01) In Review

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/using-branded-resources 
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/24/7348 

CCL Training: The Power of Republican State Legislator Support For Carbon Pricing

Recent initiatives in Utah, Oregon, Delaware and beyond have successfully gained the support of conservative state-level legislators to publicly support carbon pricing policy principles, including the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act. Join this CCL training to hear directly from CCL leaders who have been building these successful relationships and learn how you can best leverage this momentum in your own climate endorsement and conservative outreach. 

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• (0:00) Introductions & Agenda
• (1:40) Utah's Example
• (14:04) Oregon's Example
• (19:07) Rep. Drazan's Testimony
• (29:09) Delaware's Example
• (38:59) Final Takeaways

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/republican-state-support

CCL Community Training Event Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/24/7323 

CCL Training: Making It Local, Making It Real with Climate Central

Join Karen Florini, Vice President for Programs at Climate Central, for a training that highlights the toolbox of climate communication tools available to climate advocates from Climate Central, including Climate Matters, WeatherPower, Sea Level Rise, and Realtime Climate, all of which provide timely, personalized alerts on climate impacts & solutions – for every community in the U.S.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(5:25) Climate Matters https://medialibrary.climatecentral.org/ 
(15:40) WeatherPower https://weatherpower.climatecentral.org/forecast/ 
(20:53) Sea Level Rise https://sealevel.climatecentral.org/maps/ 
(25:01) Realtime Climate https://www.climatecentral.org/realtime-climate/ 
(30:58) Partnership Journalism

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/climate-central-tools

CCL Community Local Impact Resources: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources#local-impacts 

CCL's June 2021 Lobby Training #1: Primary & Supporting Asks

Join CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Dr. Danny Richter for a training that reviews the updates and context for CCL's 2021 Primary and Supporting Asks as well as guidance for lobby teams as they plan their online meetings. 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:20) Primary Asks
(34:12) Big Picture
(47:17) Supporting Asks
(https://youtu.be/lVaLK-KwYTs) Separate Q&A Discussion

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/june-asks-slides

CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185 

CCL Training: Outreach With Agricultural Communities

Outreach to the agriculture community can help cultivate allies and build support of the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act among farmers with farms of all sizes, agribusiness and consumers. Tune in to this webinar to learn what leaders of CCL's Agriculture Action Team are up to and their recommendations in your own connection-building with your local agricultural community including helping to understand the Growing Climate Solutions Act.

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(0:00) Overview & Agenda
(2:16) Agriculture & Climate Change
(5:58) Reaching out to Farmers
(13:26) Growing Climate Solutions Act
(22:34) The Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/agriculture-outreach 
CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/151 
CCL' s Agriculture Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/968 
BCL Agriculture Sector Team: https://www.businessclimateleaders.org/agriculture-sector 

CCL Training: Working with Environmental Justice Communities

Environmental Justice means focusing attention on the concerns of community members who are suffering because local pollution exceeds the norms in other communities that may be whiter or wealthier. When CCLers want to build relationships with EJ organizers, it's critical to understand past and present injustices, move at the speed of trust, and bring humility and respect to the conversation. Join Climate & Environmental Justice Action Team Leaders Debbie Chang and Lisa Danz for a session that gives background on the Environmental Justice movement and provide strategies for building relationships.

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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(3:59) Environmental Racism
(5:56) Jemez Principles
(13:45) Making the Connection Outreach Deck
(26:32) Local Chapter Example: CCL NY Rochester
(34:07) Next Steps & Actions

CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/153 
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/working-with-ej-communities 
Making the Connection: https://cclej.cclsve.org/making-the-connection-slide-deck 

CCL Training: How To Publish Climate Focused Opinion-Editorials (Op-Eds)

Are you curious about how to improve your writing skills for climate-focused opinion-editorials? Join ​Steve Valk, CCL’s Communications Coordinator for a CCL training that answers those questions, covering the process for writing a new op-ed, how to successfully submit it, as well as the editorial process. 

 

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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda

(2:40) The Writing Process

(15:12) Submitting Your Op-Ed

(18:05) Sharing Your Success

(23:19) Op-Ed Ideas & Examples

 

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/ccu-op-eds

CCL CommunityTraining Page:

https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/113

Op-Ed Templates: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/431 

 

CCL Training: March Lobby Days w/ Dr. Danny Richter on Primary and Supporting Asks

As your team prepares for your March Lobby Days, join us for a training with CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs, Dr. Danny Richter, who will review the details of CCL's primary ask and provide updates regarding our legislative strategy.

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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(2:42) Congressional Context
(11:19) Primary Asks
(26:31) Supporting Asks
(33:27) Closing Thoughts
Q&A Discussion (separate link: https://youtu.be/OAh7x8qtSmc)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/march-primary-asks 
Training Page on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185 
Primary Asks: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/237 
Supporting Asks:  https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/240