Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Training: 2020 Online Conference & Lobby Days Q&A

Are you curious about what to expect when you attend either CCL's virtual June Conference June 13, or Lobby Days June 16-17? Join CCL National Events Manager, Alison Kubicsko for a review of the online conference, Sunday Seminar, and party details. In the second half, Amy Bennett, CCL's Director of Congressional Liaisons and Lobby Days focuses on CCL's lobby day procedures and answers to common questions.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
CCL Conference Overview (1:50)
Sunday Seminars (10:43)
June Party (13:25)
Lobby Days (15:50)

More information

Register: https://cclusa.org/conference

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobby-conference-qa

CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/272

CCL Training: Understanding Congress Basics

Brush up on the basics of how a bill becomes a law, and get insights into what it's like to work and make policy on Capitol Hill. This training walks through the details of the congressional policy-making process and research from the Congressional Management Foundation on life in Congress for both staff members and our representatives and senators. 

More Information:
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/cvt-congress 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/lobbying-strategy/understanding-congress-basics  Congressional Management Foundation: https://congressfoundation.org/  

CCL Training: How To Lead A Lobby Team Training

Are you interested in learning more about what it takes and key details to remember when leading a lobby meeting with a member of Congress or staff?

Join CCL Northeast Regional Coordinator Iona Lutey for a training that will review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times and how to handle other special situations.

Skip to the following section(s):
The Importance of Leadership (2:36)
Advance Planning (6:06)
Meeting Planning (17:40)
Transition Examples (26:53)
Other Considerations & Meeting Debrief (35:20)
Meeting Minutes (40:58)
TBD, Delivery Only, and Constituent Call-in Meetings(44:32)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobbylead
Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/188
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CCR Ep 36 How to be an extraordinary climate advocate with Sam Daley-Harris and Glen Retief

Sam Daley-Harris, author of the book, Reclaiming Our Democracy, helped develop a model of advocacy that empowered citizens to connect directly with lawmakers. This model has helped shape organizations like Citizens Climate Lobby and the Friends Council for National Legislation. Sam reveals some of the sources for his own inspiration. His parents--their faith and public witness--along with insights he gained from his twelve years playing in the Miami Philharmonic orchestra directly contributed to his success in addressing world hungry, promoting micro-loans for the poor, and in training climate advocates. Sam highlights the important roles advocates play in taking on climate change.

Another climate advocate, Glen Retief, had the opportunity to take on the rebel role during the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa. He stood up to the racist policies of his government, but not as a rebel. Instead, he took on the role of advocate--lobbying, writing letters, and going to meetings. You will hear about the seemingly impossible task to turn his country around and the extraordinary lessons he learned that he now applies to his work in promoting solutions to climate change. Glen is the author of the Lambda Awarding winning book, The Jack Bank--A Memoir of a South African Childhood. 

Art House

Elizabeth Doud takes on the role of Siren Jones in her one-person performance, The Mermaid Tear Factory. Based in Miami, Florida, she has been a catalyst to engage other artists in conversations around climate change. Each year she helps organize Climakaze Miami. 

Elizabeth explains why she sees Miami as the city of the future--both with its international changing demographics and the many ways climate change is reshaping the city. She also shares why artists need to break away from telling the story of climate science and instead dig deep into the hard emotions around climate change.

Puzzler Question

You attended one of the recent student walk-out demonstrations. While there you spoke to a parent, Claire. Claire’s daughter was a protest organizer. You tell Claire how you speak to legislators about laws that will address fossil fuel pollution. You see yourself as an advocate, working in the system to bring about change. Claire confesses, “I would never have the patience for that. I am so angry and I need to protest.” She then asks, “So why do you do that kind of advocacy work instead of protesting and civil disobedience?”

Try answering the puzzler question. Leave your name, contact info, and where you are from. Get back to host, Peterson Toscano by June, 15, 2018. You can email your answers to radio @ citizensclimate.org or leave a voicemail of 3 minutes or less at 518.595.9414. (+1 if calling from outside the USA.)

Dig Deeper

• Citizens Climate University webinar: Reclaiming Our Democracy with Sam Daley-Harris. 
• RESULTS--Raise Your Voice to End Poverty
• 2018 Global Hunger Index
• Climate Change -- A University of Miami Special Report
• Interview with Elizabeth Doud in Indicio Magazine

You can hear Citizens’ Climate Radio on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, Podbean, Northern Spirit Radio, Google Play, PlayerFM, and TuneIn Radio. Also, feel free to connect with other listeners, suggest program ideas, and respond to programs in the Citizens’ Climate Radio Facebook group or on Twitter at @CitizensCRadio.

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CCL Training: Handling Difficult Lobbying Scenarios

How might you best respond to someone in a meeting yelling their concerns back at you? Or a group member taking over on a tangent?

Join Greater Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator Tamara Staton and Southeast Regional Director Don Addu for this training to learn how to overcome objections and handle difficult situations with a proven process that keeps your meetings and conversations on topic and leads to more effective and meaningful relationships.

Skip to the following section(s):
What About China & India? (2:40)
Sounds like a Tax (6:44)
Revenue-Neutrality (10:11)
Climate Skepticism (13:00)
Key Takeaways & Common Temptations (16:30)
Difficult Situations (20:50)
Hot Button Topics (26:10)
Putting It All Together (34:30)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/ handling-difficult-scenarios
Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/187
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CCL Training: Planning Your Meeting with Congress Training

Lobbying can be both exciting and intimidating. Being prepared is one way to reduce anxiety.

Join CCL Mid-Atlantic Co-Coordinator Sabrina Fu for a training that will walk you through CCL's step-by-step process for preparing for your meetings in Washington DC with Congress and/or their staff.

-Researching your legislator and their district or state before a visit

-The additional tools CCL offers to identify local climate impacts and economic demographics of the community

-Assigning meeting roles

-Practicing and working together as a team

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Intro & Overview (from beginning)
Tools for Preparing to Lobby (2:52)
Assigning Roles (14:12)
Supporting Asks & Legislation of Interest (19:50)
Practice Ahead (37:38)
Putting It All Together (45:49)

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Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/planning-your-meeting
CCL Training page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185

Carlos Curbelo | Citizens' Climate Lobby | May 2019 Monthly Speaker

Before leaving Congress, Carlos Curbelo did more than any Republican to tone down the divisive rhetoric on climate change and start a movement to turn it into a bipartisan issue. Along with Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), he led the formation and growth of the Climate Solutions Caucus, which had 45 Republicans and 45 Democrats at the end of the previous Congress. In January, he joined the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and he also joined the advisory board of the Millennial Action Project, a nonprofit focused on getting younger lawmakers to work across the aisle and to bring civility to the governing process. He joins this month’s call to talk about building the momentum for a bipartisan approach to solving climate change.

Helpful Links:
Monthly Action Sheet: http://cclusa.org/actionsheet
Alex Honnold Expresses Support for HR 763: https://community.citizensclimate.org/bulletin/2101/26
Cincinnati & Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Endorses HR 763: https://energyinnovationact.org/supporters-overview/

CCL Training: How The Carbon Fee Is Assessed & Collected

Are you interested in finding out about where the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act is designed to assess the fee it places on fossil fuel emissions?

Join CCL's Research Coordinator Rick Knight for a training that explores more in-depth policy details behind how carbon-based fuels may be assessed their CO2 content and what it means to assess a fee as far upstream as possible.

Rick will follow the supply chain for coal, oil and natural gas to understand how the Energy Innovation Act might minimize the administrative burden of assessing the fee while maximizing the extent to which the fee captures the full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Intro & Overview (from beginning)
Measuring Carbon Content (3:38)
Supply Chains for Coal, Oil & Gas (13:25)
H.R. 763 & Fee Placement (20:17)
Regulatory Discretion & Summary (29:18)

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Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/point-of-assessment
CCL Training page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/130
Q&A from webinar here: https://youtu.be/EqtdQmlvbSA

Practicing Effective Lobbying - CCL’s Core Volunteer Training

Join Amy Bennett, CCL’s Director of Congressional Liaisons and Lobby Days, for a webinar that will walk you through what an actual meeting with your member of Congress can look like ahead of meeting for CCL's June Conference in Washington, DC.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Meeting Roles Review (3:06)
Researching Your Member (7:54)
Planning Your Meeting (14:49)
Meeting Demonstration: Beginning (21:39)
Meeting Demonstration: Middle (28:15)
Meeting Demonstration: End (35:36)
Final Reflections (40:57)

Webinar slides: cclusa.org/cvtlobby
This training on CCL Community: community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/186
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CCL Training: Communicating With Conservatives

Join Daniel Palken, CCL Conservative Outreach Fellow and IEEE Fellow for 2020, for a training on Communicating with conservatives regarding the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act. Daniel will review conservative messaging on climate change and highlight the conservative support aligning with key messages and underlying components, connecting how the bill aligns with conservative values.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
Jonathan Haidt & Moral Foundation Theory (5:59)
In-Group Loyalty vs. Betrayal (12:34)
Authority & Purity/Sanctity (19:18)
Values & The Energy Innovation Act (23:25)
CCL Community Resources (33:08)

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/cvt-conservatives

Conservative Quote Cards: http://cclusa.org/conservative-quote-cards

CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/55

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