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Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Join CCL's Senior Director of Programs Don Addu and other CCL staff for an overview of CCL's fall plans to launch Earth Day: Election Edition. CCL volunteers in Wisconsin dreamed up the notion of hosting a second Earth Day six months after the April 22th Earth Day and i’s such a good idea that we’re rolling it out nationally. To keep it simple, you may decide to replicate an amazing Earth Day or outreach event you hosted a few years ago or you may decide to pull out all the stops and invite your whole county to participate. CCL’s goal is that events all across the country help center climate change action as a top issue for voters. Staff will review the resources that are provided including CCL branded handouts slogans, and a social media packet.
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Adrian Rafizadeh is motivated to connect with fellow young conservatives about climate change. “Polling from Frank Luntz found that 75% of Republicans under 40 support a carbon fee and dividend, which is really major,” Adrian explains in the latest episode of Citizens Climate Radio. “That 75% number is something that we're really trying to laser in on and focus on within the Conservative Caucus because there's so much potential there.” He also had advice for Progressive, Liberals, and Moderates who want to connect with climate-concerned conservatives.
When it came to US climate policy, as a high school student, Adrian Rafizadeh strongly opposed one of the first major attempts by the Democrats. The Green New Deal was introduced in 2019 spearheaded by the progressive US member of Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC. The Green New Deal on the table got a lot of Conservatives thinking, talking, and writing about climate change, including Adrian.
While writing a paper for a class, Adrian sought to debunk the Green New Deal. In doing so, Adrian suddenly saw the issue of climate change differently. He recognized the seriousness of the problem the USA and the world face, and he decided he needed to do something about it. That set Adrian on a quest to find a way to address climate change that also fits into his world view and politics. Adrian politically leans right, and he is a member of the Republican party.
Adrian, a child of Iranian immigrants, shares his climate journey with us. He reveals how he found his way into a climate organization, and he tells what Progressives who want to engage Conservatives in climate conversations can do to open up a dialogue. He talks about one of his favorite climate solutions, carbon fee and dividend.
Adrian Rafizadeh is an incoming student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. You can learn more about Conservatives engaged in climate work by visiting CCL Conservatives.
If you want to hear more conservatives talking about climate, check out RepublicEN’s EcoRight Speaks Podcast.
The Art House
Randi Hacker is the author of the children’s book, Life on a Different Planet, A Climate Crisis Handbook. The book opens with words in large bold letters that spell out, Welcome to the End of the World. Turn the page to see someone edited the sign to say, Welcome to Beginning of the New World.
Since the early 1990s, Randi has published books and magazines designed to help young people learn about environmental issues and climate change. In the Art House she explains how with all her work she seeks to be honest with young people about the problems we face while also giving them ideas for concrete actions they can take.
Life on a Different Planet, A Climate Crisis Handbook is full of original art work by Ron Barrett, the artist who illustrated the award winning book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The illustrations bring a sense of whimsy and playfulness to book while also helping readers come close to hard realities.
Other Resources for Children and Parents
- Citizens’ Climate Education Presents Climate Classroom! This is a flexible, multi-disciplinary middle school curriculum. It is designed to give students a toolkit of advocacy skills for climate solutions.
- What Do We Tell the Children? Episode four of Climate Changed featuring Pacific Islander poet Craig Santos Perez. Ben Yosua Davis chats with P Craig about parenting in a climate changed world.
Click here for a transcript of this episode.
Good News Report
We have two Good News Reports. Nate Abercrombie, Conservative Outreach Coordinator for Citizens Climate Lobby, shares recent successes from CCL’s Conservative Caucus and tells us about a new campaign to reach out to Utah Conservatives.
Dana Nuccitelli, a Research Coordinator at Citizens Climate Lobby Tells us about a very big piece of legislation. The Inflation Reduction Bill passed in both houses of congress. President Joe Biden signed it into law earlier this month. Dana tells us why this bill is so good for the climate. He also talks about possible next steps. To read more about the bill and to read more of Dana’s analysis, check out The Nerd Corner.
If you have Good News to share, email radio @ citizensclimate.org We always welcome your thoughts, questions, suggestions, and recommendations for the show. Leave a message on our listener voicemail line: (619) 512-9646. +1 if calling from outside the USA that number again. (619) 512-9646.
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Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Join members from our Development Team for a free, virtual conversation about how to find the fun in fundraising and how to recruit new major donors for our national work.
We will be discussing:
- The importance of fundraising for our mission
- How to identify folks in your network who are likely to invest $1,000 or more in our mission
- How to make the “ask” yourself, and/or how to transfer leads of $10,000+ to the Development Team
- The very critical celebratory ritual for each secured donation
After this 45-minute training, you’ll have all the tools you need to bring people into this work as new donors and actually enjoy the process while doing so!
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Join CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli for a training on the Climate Benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act. Dana will discuss all the energy and climate items in the bill, how much it will reduce US greenhouse gas emissions, and the health benefits of the cleaner air that will result from the bill's provisions. We'll also be sure to review where things stand as of Thursday evening and how you and your community can take action to help ensure its passage. 🎉
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:34) Background
(5:30)What’s In the Bill On Climate?
(20:54) How Much Will It Cut Emissions?
(27:09) How Many Lives Will It Save?
(35:11) What Doesn’t It Accomplish?
(36:54) Taking Action
Slides: https://cclusa.org/inflation-reduction-act-slides
Take Action: https://cclusa.org/action
Find Out More: https://cclusa.org/nerd-corner
#InflationReductionAct #ActOnClimate
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
EJ Baker (they/them) and Rae Binstock (she/her) tell us about Good Energy Stories, a story consultancy for the age of climate change. Their mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate stories in scripted TV and film that reflect the world we live in now —and help us envision a better tomorrow.
They talk about the kind of stories and approaches to storytelling that move audiences to feel empathy for those suffering and an enthusiasm for solutions that make the world a better place.
Rae Binstock is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include That Heaven’s Vault Should Crack (The New Group, Lark Development Center, T. Schreiber’s Studios), Land of No Mercy (Landing Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Princess Grace finalist), and WALKERS (The Shelter, O’Neill Conference semifinalist, Jerome Fellowship finalist). Her work has appeared in Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Jewish Plays Project, and the Fresh Fruit Festival, among others. Rae’s pilot Homecoming was selected for the 2020 WriteHer List, and she is a two-time semifinalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab.
Rae is a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Rita Goldberg Playwrights Workshop Fellow at the Lark, and a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. She has attended numerous residencies, including the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, PLAYA Summer Lake, and the Ragdale Foundation. Rae served as the Writers’ Assistant on both FX Networks’ FOSSE/VERDON and Apple+’s shows Schmigadoon and IF/THEN. She is also one of the two authors of the Climate Storytelling Playbook, a writing guide for climate change stories published by Good Energy. She lives in Los Angeles with her cat, Black Cat.
As creative director, EJ Baker talks about the unique color palette they chose for the Good Energy website. They explain why you will not find a spot of green anywhere! They are a co-founder of Maybe Ventures, an art and strategy collective focused on envisioning more just, sustainable, and beautiful new worlds. EJ’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Variety, Typewolf, and Fonts in Use. Hailing from the forests of upstate New York, they now live amongst the urban cottontails and sidewalk dandelions of Somerville, MA.
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Expanding our outreach to include people from a variety of constituencies can strengthen our organization and improve our effectiveness as advocates. This month, we talk with Bob Inglis and Princella Talley about how they communicate with diverse audiences about climate change. Bob is a former Republican Congressman from South Carolina, and is now the Executive Director of republicEn, an organization empowering conservatives to advocate for market-based solutions to climate change. Princella is a Fellow at Large with the OpEd Project whose writing has been featured in numerous publications throughout the country. She previously worked for Citizens' Climate Education as a Development Coordinator and Diversity Outreach Coordinator.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Celebrations & Opening
(1:36) Bob Inglis & Princella Talley with Q&A
(23:20) Legislative Update
(29:51) August Actions & Updates
(34:32) Climate Donors
(36:45) Remembering Our Roots
August Pre-Call video: https://vimeo.com/739086712
RepublicEn: https://republicen.org/
The Op-Ed Project: https://www.theopedproject.org/
Thank your Democrat Member of Congress: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-...
Senator Hickenlooper Thanks CCL: https://vimeo.com/738999227/c30dd7aa29
Help support our work: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/donate/
CCL's Inflation Reduction Act Watch Party: https://community.citizensclimate.org...
Pam Saunders Toast: https://vimeo.com/738725915/84952e5106
CCL's Jim Probst Story: https://vimeo.com/737636838
August Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Join CCL Presenters and Schedulers Action Team Leaders Dave Cain, Irene Yang and Abe Mazliach for a webinar that will debut a new presentation slide deck that the Presenters Action team has been prototyping to provide a fresh take on giving an introductory presentation to CCL. We'll explore how to use the associated resources to prepare for your own presentation and demonstrate it in action.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:04) Introductory Presentation Approach
(7:58) Breakout Personal Story Elements
(10:45) Live Presentation Example
(21:45) A Studio You Can Use to Build Your Own
(33:38) Supporting You
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/fresh-approach-presentation
Download The Presenter’s Action Team “CCL Introductory Presentation Studio”: https://tinyurl.com/CCLIntroPresStudio
Presenters Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/973
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Speaking with five different guests, host, Peterson Toscano, takes a deep dive to explore how climate change and extreme weather affect lesiban, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and queer (LGBTQ+) people.
Leo Goldsmith (he/him) is one of the co-authors of Queer and Present Danger: Understanding the Disparate Impacts of Disasters on LGBTQ+ Communities. Together with Dr. Michael Mendez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at the University of California, Irvine Vanessa Raditz from Out in Sustainability who is a PhD student at the University of Georgia, they researched the unique vulnerabilities of this community in disaster relief; the myth of gay affluence; how faith-based groups have a history of discriminatory practices in disaster relief; how cohesive is the LGBTQ community and how race is a problem even in LGBTQ groups. Leo also provides practical ways community members and leaders can build stronger, more resilient LGBTQ+ communities that can bounce back from extreme weather events.
Nokwanda Maseko (she/her/they) is a South African economist who identifies as a Queer Black person. As senior economist at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, she has written position papers about what a just transition can look like, especially for women and the large sector of the Black South African population who because of unemployment and informal employment are not often part of the conversations around just transition.
Isaias Herandez (he/him) aka Queer Brown Vegan was born in Los Angeles, California, also known as Tongva Land. As someone who grew up in a community that faced environmental injustices, Isaias developed an interest to learn about his environment. Living in Section 8 affordable housing, using food stamps growing up, and witnessing pollution affect his body. Isaias turned his anger and sadness to becoming an environmental educator. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He works on a variety of diversity inclusion work in environmental spaces, academic research, and creative work. Isaias’ work is centered on environmental justice with a lens of localization. Isaias works as a full-time content creator and public speaker on QueerBrownVegan.
The Art House
EJ Baker (they/them) and Rae Binstock (she/her) tell us about Good Energy Stories, a story consultancy for the age of climate change. Their mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate stories in scripted TV and film that reflect the world we live in now–and help us envision a better tomorrow.
They talk about the kind of stories and approaches to storytelling that move audiences to feel empathy for those suffering an enthusiasm for solutions that make the world a better place.
Rae Binstock is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include That Heaven’s Vault Should Crack (The New Group, Lark Development Center, T. Schreiber’s Studios), land of no mercy (Landing Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Princess Grace finalist), and WALKERS (The Shelter, O’Neill Conference semifinalist, Jerome Fellowship finalist). Her work has appeared in Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Jewish Plays Project, and the Fresh Fruit Festival, among others. Rae’s pilot Homecoming was selected for the 2020 WriteHer List, and she is a two-time semifinalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab.
Rae is a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Rita Goldberg Playwrights Workshop Fellow at the Lark, and a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. She has attended numerous residencies, including the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, PLAYA Summer Lake, and the Ragdale Foundation. Rae served as the Writers’ Assistant on both FX Networks’ FOSSE/VERDON and Apple+’s shows Schmigadoon and IF/THEN. She is also one of the two authors of the Climate Storytelling Playbook, a writing guide for climate change stories published by Good Energy. She lives in Los Angeles with her cat, Black Cat.
EJ Baker (they/them) i As creative director, EJ talks about the unique color palette they chose for the Good Energy website. They explain why you will not find a spot of green anywhere! They are a co-founder of Maybe Ventures, an art and strategy collective focused on envisioning more just, sustainable, and beautiful new worlds. EJ’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Variety, Typewolf and Fonts in Use. Hailing from the forests of upstate New York, they now live amongst the urban cottontails and sidewalk dandelions of Somerville, MA.
Dig Deeper
- Queer Communities Often Left Out of Disaster Planning, Research Shows on KQED
- Out 4 Sustainability #Qready 72 hour LGBTQ+ check list
- Climate Justice Must Include All Women from Atmos.earth
- Iranti is a Johannesburg-based media-advocacy organisation which advocates for the rights of LGBTI+ persons, with specific focus on lesbian, transgender (including gender non-conforming) and intersex persons in Africa. Iranti works within a human rights framework raising issues on gender identities, and sexuality, through the strategic use of multimedia storytelling, research and activism.
- Just transition in South Africa: the case for a gender just approach by Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS)
- It Doesn’t Have to be This Way, an LGBTQ+ climate novel by South African author Alistair Mackay. Read the interview with the author in Scaffold Culture.
- LGBTQ+ short radio plays about climate change. Bigger Love and Mentoring Session #4
- Unemployment and sustainable livelihoods: Just Transition interventions in the face of inequality by Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS)
- “Queer and Present Danger”: The LGBTQ+ Community Adapts to Climate Change. America Adapts podcast interview with Leo Goldsmith and Dr. Michael Mendez
- CCR Episode 59 Tykee James and Black Birders Week
- Understanding Non-Binary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive from National Center for Transgender Equality
Good News Report
Leo Goldsmith tells us about QReady, a new resource created by Out for Sustainability (Out4S.) Qready began as a disaster-preparedness packing list specific for the LGBTQ+ community, which you can access below. They are now planning to expand the program to provide multi-scale offerings for individuals, organizations, and disaster professionals to foster the resilience of LGBTQ+ communities, with a focus on the needs of queer and trans Black and Indigenous people of color (QTBIPOC).
This program expansion was developed by Vanessa Raditz through a multi-year fellowship with Out4S and serves as the official Qready Project Director. Vanessa is also the director of Out4S’ first fiscally-sponsored project: “Fire & Flood: Queer Resilience in the era of Climate Change”. The completion of this project is the first step of Out for Sustainability’s expanded Qready initiative!
We always welcome your thoughts, questions, suggestions, and recommendations for the show. Leave a vall our listener voicemail line: (619) 512-9646. +1 if calling from outside the USA that number again. (619) 512-9646.
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Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Join CCL's Executive Director Madeleine Para, Vice President of Government Affairs Dr. Danny Richter and Vice President of Organizational Strategy Tony Sirna for a briefing on the Inflation Reduction Act -what's in it, why CCL supports, it and how to take action with your chapter to help.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Introduction & Opening Remarks
(2:29) Legislative Landscape Update
(11:06) Q&A on Legislative Updates
(15:23) Taking Action w/ Campaign Details
(18:27) Additional Q&A
(22:50) Closing Thoughts from Madeleine Para
(26:35) A Reminder Of Who We Are
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/final-reconciliation-slides
Action Campaign For Everyone : https://cclusa.org/action
For Volunteers w/ Democratic Senators: https://cclusa.org/senate
For Volunteers w/ Democratic House Representatives: https://cclusa.org/house
Social Share Link: https://cclusa.org/share
CCL's Nerd Corner Analysis: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/discuss/viewtopic/1773/1810/25479
Phonebanking Instructions For Chapters: http://cclusa.org/phonebanking-volunteers
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Our July event features a conversation with Robert Glicksman, GWU Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and Kyle Kammien, Manager, Stakeholder Engagement and Government Affairs on the Supreme Court's recent decision on West Virginia v. EPA.