Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Training: Managing Your Money In Your Group

Especially with big tabling events for Earth Day and our annual conference coming up, many chapters may be in need of support in figuring out how to manage their local funds. This training will walk through various ways to raise and manage money in your group for things like chapter activities and conference scholarships. 

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(1:55) General Overview Considerations
(5:20) Ideas for Conference Scholarships 
(12:13) Managing Money At Group Level

CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/139 

CCL Training: Climate Conversations Campaign For Earth Month

Find out more: https://cclusa.org/conversations 

For such a big challenge, we don’t talk much about climate change. All that silence means that climate change can feel less important to pay attention to than it really is. After all, if we’re not talking about it, how big can the problem be? For Earth Month, CCL volunteers are having climate conversations across the country with their friends, family, and communities. Our goal? 25,000 climate conversations that have a ripple effect, leading to more conversations in families, communities, and with elected leaders.  We'll hear from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe about her best tips for having a successful conversation about climate change, learn more about how you can participate in the campaign and log your conversations and highlight more resources that are available from Science Moms and Potential Energy. Join us for the launch of our big Earth Month campaign!

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:48) Background
(9:56) How It Works
(14:01) What’s Included?
(21:31) The Guide: Heart, Head, Hands
(43:15) Putting It All Together

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/climate-conversations-slides  

CCL Training: Diversity & Inclusion Updates (2024)

Join CCL's Diversity & Inclusion Director Karina Ramirez for a training that will provide an update on all of the Diversity and Inclusion initiatives CCL has been up to in the past year of our programming.

 

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda

(4:05) Overview of Programs

(10:01) Goals and Progress

(19:28) Resources and Recommendations

 

Find out more: https://community.citizensclimate.org/diversity-inclusion-at-ccl 

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/di-updates-2024 

CCL Training: 2024 Conservative Climate Leadership Conference Highlights

Join us for a half hour recap of some of the best parts of CCL's 2024 Conservative Conference presentations and keynotes. We'll plan on watching shorter segments that sample highlights from through the conference's line-up of speakers.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(1:13) Neil Chatterjee
(8:59) Grace Stanke
(16:33) Catrina Rorke
(23:08) Farm Bill Panel

Watch more of the presentations and follow along with the slides at: https://cclusa.org/presentations 
More about the 2024 Conservative Climate Leadership Conference: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-change-conferences/conservative/ 

CCL Podcast: What is Your Climate Change Role?

In this month’s episode of Citizens Climate Radio, Eileen Flanagan, a writer, social change teacher, Quaker, and activist, dives deep with host Peterson Toscano into four different roles people have traditionally taken in change movements. In addition, Erica Valdez and Horace Mo join Peterson for a vibrant discussion about their personal experiences in taking one of these roles. 

See our complete show notes including links to guests, a full transcript, and possible action steps you can take. Visit www.cclusa.org/radio

Finding Your Role 

In Eileen Flanagan’s words, the four recurring roles in change movements include rebels, advocates, organizers, and helpers. One of the best ways to understand these four roles is through their different orientations. Eileen says, “The helpers’ orientation is: what can I do to improve things without messing with the system?” She mentions climate change helpers who take the initiative to help insulate houses or help put solar panels on a neighbor’s roof. A helper also prepares food for events, provides rides for volunteer lobbyists, and donates money to a climate organization.  

Elieen further explains, “An advocate takes the role of trying to use the tools of the system to change things.” Advocates often capitalize on lobbying and lawsuits to convince elected officials and people in power to make decisions. 

Good News Story

Horace Mo in Chongqing shares a good news story about China’s new carbon trading regulations.

If you have a good news story to share, email radio @ citizensclimateradio.org or leave a message at our visiting voicemail line: (619) 512-9646‬

Nerd Corner

Citizens’ Climate’s Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli discusses the geeky world of permitting reform. Dana highlights climate research (and makes it understandable) for fellow nerds and the nerd curious! Visit The Nerd Corner to see the Chart of the Week, regular blog posts, and an active forum to connect with other nerds. 

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich

CCL Training: Empowering Your Requesting Workshop

 

 

The strength of CCL's chapters runs on volunteer leaders feeling empowered to make requests, especially requesting volunteers to participate.  This session, lead by Jean Ritok, former Group Co-Leader of the Raleigh Durham Chapter, takes you from your existing skill level in asking, to empowered asking.  It’s an avenue to partnership in your chapter, volunteers enjoying their participation and peace of mind that your chapter is humming. 

CCL Training: Planning Your March Drop-off Member Of Congress's Local Office

Your members of Congress (MOCs) will be working in their district/state offices during the last week of March and first week of April. Join this training to learn more recommendations to help your MOCs keep the policies in CCL’s policy agenda front and center by dropping off material that shows climate policy has strong support in your district/state. 

The ideal drop-off will help build your relationship with the office and demonstrate a steady drumbeat of climate activism and increased support for climate policy in the district.  Some ideas for your drop-off might include:
-A bunch of signed constituent letter forms or a thank you card or photo signed by chapter members
-A stack of letters handwritten by attendees during your February and March chapter meetings
-A folder of newspaper clippings, letters to the editor, op-eds and earned media coverage of your chapter
-A one-page summary of your district/state endorsement report or a show of support from a local leader
-A creative idea of your own such as home baked goods, kids' drawings or postcards, flowers, etc.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:55) Why Is This Important?
(7:43) What To Deliver?
(12:11) Making The Delivery
(17:38) Final Recommendations

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/march-dropoff 
Log your drop-offs in Action Tracker at: https://cclusa.org/actiontracker 
Constituent Comment Forms: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/236   
Share your experience in the forums! https://cclusa.org/forums 

Karina Ramirez and Drew Eyerly | March 2024 Monthly Speakers | Citizens' Climate Lobby

Citizens' Climate Lobby's Karina Ramirez and Drew Eyerly will present on "Understanding What You Don't Understand," which outlines the importance of working together while embracing differences. Andrew (Drew) Eyerly serves as CCL’s Conservative Outreach Director, where he lends a conservative voice and perspective to the organization’s mission while working to recruit, engage, and retain right-of-center volunteers. Prior to joining CCL, Drew served in the United States Army for 12 years as a Preventive Medicine Specialist and as a Medic completing tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Karina Ramirez (She/Her/Ella) joined CCL as a volunteer in 2017 and has served as CCL’s Diversity & Inclusion Director since 2018. In this role, she supports volunteers and staff working toward inclusion and belonging efforts. Karina is originally from Ecuador and lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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(0:00) Welcome and March Highlights
(5:13) Karina and Drew's Presentation
(17:42) Q&A Discussion
(23:34)  CCL's March Actions

March Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet 
Register for the Summer Conference (June 8-11): https://cclusa.org/summer   
Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/921303029 
Join CCL's Diversity & Inclusion Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/2946  
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/march-2024-slides 

CCL Training: New Research on the Benefits from the BIG WIRES Act

Researchers from MIT recently published a paper detailing all of the great benefits that would come from passing the BIG WIRES Act, and researchers from Vanderbilt published a study about the big role household electrification and efficiency will play in realizing the Inflation Reduction Act's climate pollution reductions potential. We also received an update about the status of the IRA's important home electrification and efficiency rebate programs that have been in development for the past year and a half. Join CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli for a training that will summarize all of this new information that's critical to CCL's clean energy permitting reform and building electrification & efficiency policy areas.

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• (0:00) Intro & Agenda
• (2:25) Why Clean Energy Permitting Reform Is Essential
• (9:00) Problems To Solve w/ the BIG WIRES Act
• (18:28) MIT’s Evaluating the Impact of the BIG WIRES Act Study
• (35:00) Incentivizing Household Action Study- Up to 40% of Emissions Reduction from the IRA

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/BIG-WIRES-updates-slides 
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/24/15092 
MIT’s Evaluating the Impact of the BIG WIRES Act Study: https://ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MIT-CEEPR-RC-2024-01.pdf  
Incentivizing Household Action Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421524000120?via%3Dihub#abs0015 

CCL Training: Crafting Impactful Conservative Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor

Learn how to get your conservative-friendly Op-Eds and LTEs in your local publications and how to craft impactful messages for conservative areas in this panel moderated by CCL’s State and Local Media Coordinator, Charlotte Ward!

Hear from our expert panelists:

• Mary Anna Mancuso, Contributor at The Hill & RepublicEN EcoRight Leadership Council Member
• Karly Matthews, VP of Communication at American Conservation Coalition
• Nathan Crabbe, Editor at The Invading Sea

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(5:34) Panel's recommendations
(31:25) Q&A Discussion
(51:38) CCL Support Resources

Helpful resources: 
CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources#media-relations 
RepublicEn: https://republicen.org/ 
The Invading Sea: https://www.theinvadingsea.com/ 
American Conservation Coalition: https://acc.eco/