Citizens Climate Lobby

CCL's Stephanie Doyle leaving staff; Birthday request results in meeting with congressman

	CCL Weekly Briefing, Aug. 28, 2019

Table of Contents:
	November Lobby Day registration
	Stephanie Doyle leaving CCL
	Birthday request to meet with rep
	This week on the CCL blog
	Training topics
	Action Team updates

Registration for November Lobby Day opens Sept. 3

CCL will continue the push to move the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act forward in Congress with the November Lobby Day (Nov. 11-12). Registration opens on Sept. 3. The conference will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Monday (Nov. 11) will start with Climate Advocate Training for new volunteers or the Organizing and Team Building Workshop for experienced volunteers. Afternoon sessions will prepare us for lobbying meetings the following day.

Tuesday (Nov. 12) we’ll go to Capitol Hill for meetings with congressional offices. There will be a reception back at the hotel Tuesday evening.

Registration will be $99. Check CCL’s website on Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing folks in D.C.!

Other news this week:

Leaving CCL: Stephanie Doyle, CCL’s Director of National Outreach and Partnership, is departing to take a position with The Nature Conservancy. Read more.

Lobbying: 'Happy birthday! I talked to my rep'

CCL volunteer John McGarry, a congressional liaison in Michigan, had a thinking-outside-the-box request for his birthday: He asked his family in Pennsylvania to meet with their Republican Congressman, Scott Perry, and ask him to support the Energy Innovation Act. John’s brother Dan, who had no prior experience with CCL, got a face-to-face meeting with Perry. He contacted CCL Regional Coordinator Jon Clark for advice, and the two of them met with Perry. “Dan did a wonderful job and the meeting went well,” reports Jon. So, happy birthday, John! And, yes, that’s Rep. Perry with the big smile in the photo above with Dan McGarry (middle) and Jon Clark.

CCL volunteers are regularly activating the “five levers” of political will in their communities. To talk with other CCLers about their lobbying and get advice or ideas for your own, head to the “Lobbying Congress” forum on CCL Community.

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This week on the CCL blog

Citizens’ Climate Radio: On our latest podcast, communications experts advise that a “values first” approach is more productive when it comes to talking to people about climate change. Read more.

Care for creation: By educating parishioners and encouraging Catholic climate action, CCL volunteers seek to activate their faith communities. Read more.

Training topics

CCL offers two ongoing learning series: Citizens' Climate University for existing volunteers, and Core Volunteer Training for new volunteers. Here are the next few sessions you can join:

8/29 Citizens' Climate University: Communicating Carbon Pricing - Improve your communications around carbon pricing policy based on the main findings and recommendations in the Guide to Communicating Carbon Pricing. Learn more.

9/3 Core Volunteer Training: Climate Change Science Basics - Lean about best practices in communicating the science of climate change as well as a chance to review the basic concepts behind climate change. Learn more.

9/5 Citizens' Climate University: Communicating with Progressives - Learn about CCL's ongoing plan for outreach to nonprofit organizations at the national and local level and recommendations to talk about the bill with progressive groups. Learn more.

To see upcoming topics and past trainings, visit the Training Topics page of CCL Community.

Action Team updates

Featured Action Team: Led by Dana Nuccitelli, CCL's Economics Policy Network Action Team provides climate science insights, including answers to questions posted by team members. Starting September 3 and on the first Tuesday of each month, the team invites CCLers to join a call with a live climate scientist for an "Ask Me Anything" webinar. Ask your basic or advanced climate science question in the Forum of the CCL Science Policy Network Action Team before Sept 2, and then call in on Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT to hear scientists Dana Nuccitelli (pictured left) and Dr. Steve Ghan (pictured right) answer your questions. Nuccitelli is the author of the book Climatology Versus Pseudoscience and Dr. Ghan is a retired Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Fellow.

You can learn about, join and get call details on the Economics Policy Network Action Team page.

Also meeting this week...

8/28 - Climate and Environmental Justice Action Team call at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT
8/28 - Team OIL Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
9/2 - Higher Education Action Team call at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT
9/4 - Coal Country Action Team call at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT
9/4 - Climate and Culture Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
Visit the full event calendar for dial-in details and future events

To check out all of CCL's Action Teams and join any that interest you, head to the Action Team directory on CCL Community.

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