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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!
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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.
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Find out more and get involved at: https://cclusa.org/evp
Wanted more time with CCL's July 2022 National Meeting Speaker? Join us for an extended Q&A with Nathaniel Stinnett from Environmental Voter Project. Nathaniel shares how his organization is changing the voting behavior of people concerned about preserving a livable climate. The Founder and Executive Director of EVP, Stinnett is a frequent expert speaker on cutting-edge campaign techniques and the behavioral science behind getting people to vote. He has held a variety of senior leadership and campaign manager positions on U.S. Senate, congressional, state, and mayoral campaigns.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:23) EVP Background & Results
(19:00) Ways to get involved 2022
(25:43) Q&A: Are there studies showing more environmentally friendly politicians are being elected?
(29:03) Q&A: How does EVP know that specific people are environmental voters that don't vote?
(35:40) Q&A: What's your best elevator pitch to phonebank for a friend?
(37:19) Q&A: Where do you find hope?
(41:45) Q&A: Do you reach out to people on social media?
(42:28) Q&A: What about postcards?
(44:08) Q&A: What's the most effective outreach approach (phonebanking, texting, postcards, canvassing, digital ads?)
(50:00) Q&A: Does EVP have internships and which states do you work in?
(54:40) Q&A: When you founded EVP did you ever dream that it would be this big and important?
#climatevoter #climateaction #priceoncarbon #grassrootsclimate
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Join Dana Nuccitelli, CCL Research Coordinator, for a training reviews the need for approaches to remove and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, the role trees and forests can play, and the other benefits that those solutions provide. The training will provide a background on the need for carbon sequestration, how much carbon sequestration is needed, how much carbon sequestration can trees and forests provide, and other tree benefits and the importance of tree equity.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:12) Why Forests?
(17:57) Forestry Solutions
(25:17) Forestry Opportunities, Challenges
(28:43) Tree Equity & Benefits
Trees and Forests as Natural Climate Solutions Training Page: https://cclusa.org/forest-training
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/forest-slides
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Climate work can feel heavy and hard - and it's an especially hard time to stay committed to climate work, with everything else that is happening around the world right now. It can be challenging to allow for the depth and complicated mix of emotions and thoughts that arise in the process of climate advocacy and otherwise, while remaining committed to action. This training is an opportunity to learn about burnout, how to prevent it, and practice a few of the steps that can help with recognizing and improving your own experience.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:01) Check-in and Exploring burnout
(9:50) Five Steps to Resilience
(33:23) Practice Ideas
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/preventing-burnout-slides
More about CCL's Resilience Hub: https://cclusa.org/resilience
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Volunteer signup: https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved
July Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Are you a conservative or a constituent with a conservative member of Congress? This training, led by Nate Abercrombie, CCL's Conservative Outreach Coordinator, and Charlotte Ward, State and Local Media Coordinator, covers how to write effective op-eds focused on climate change with conservative framing and talking points.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:19) Why Write An Op-ed?
(4:14) Planning Your Conservative Angle
(9:30) The Writing Process
(17:01) Ideas & Examples
(22:58) Share Your Success & Writing Circle
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/conserv-op-eds
CCL Training Page:
https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/503
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Join Bill Bray, former leader of Team O.I.L., for a training on the impact of a rising price on carbon on domestic oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Bill will highlight how carbon pricing policy has the potential to drive massive investments and new job opportunities and provide a manageable transition with opportunities that other industries can also follow. The training also discusses what the oil industry has expressed on pricing carbon in the past and how to leverage this training's information in your own local strategy outreach with industries in your district/state.
Presentation Slides: https://http://cclusa.org/team-oil-lessons
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/155