Inspiring CCL video debuts on national call; Marshall Saunders honored
with chair at UC San Diego

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CCL Newsletter, September 2020

Table of Contents:

Wildfire and hurricane op-eds 

Take action this week 

Thank you, Climate Guardians

Lever: Chapter development 

Upcoming trainings

This week on the CCL blog 

CCL volunteers publishing op-eds on wildfires, hurricanes

Between the unprecedented wildfires out West and the record hurricane
season in the East, the link between climate change and catastrophic
weather has never been clearer. And CCL volunteers are telling their
personal stories about dealing with disasters in op-eds that provide a
powerful call to action for climate solutions.

Last week, CCL's communications team posted two op-ed templates — one
for wildfires and one for hurricanes — and invited volunteers to add
their own personal stories about enduring the devastating consequences
of climate change. Two op-eds have already been published in Redlands

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and Redding

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, California.

Elected officials and the media in California aren't mincing words when
it comes to connecting the dots between the wildfires and climate
change. The front-page headline in the Los Angeles Times proclaimed,
"California's climate apocalypse." Along the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Sally
is soaking the South and causing floods only weeks after Hurricane Laura
tore through Texas and Louisiana.

With so much attention focused on climate-fueled disasters, Congress
will be sensitive to constituents demanding action, especially if it
comes in a public forum like a newspaper op-ed.

If you or someone in your group has a story to tell, we invite you to
use the current op-ed templates to share that story and submit an op-ed
to your local newspaper. The templates are available in both English and
Spanish, so be sure to consider Spanish-language outlets in your area,
too. Check with your group leader to avoid duplicating efforts within
your chapter.

DOWNLOAD THE OP-ED TEMPLATES

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Other news:

New video about who we are: On Saturday's national call, we debuted a
2-minute video we're calling CCL's manifesto: "We look our biggest
problems in the eye and insist we can solve them." Watch and share this
inspiring, uplifting video on Facebook

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Delaney joins CCE board: Former Democratic Congressman and presidential
candidate John Delaney has joined Citizens' Climate Education's
governing board. "As a member of Congress, I was able to see firsthand
the rapid growth, tenacity, and effectiveness of this grassroots
organization, and I'm proud to join their efforts to fight climate
change," said Delaney. Read more in our press release.

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CCL Canada turns 10: Last week CCL Canada celebrated its 10th
anniversary. Among the many achievements during the last decade is the
organization's role in getting Canada to adopt a carbon fee and dividend
policy to price carbon. CCL's International Outreach Manager Cathy
Orlando shares more in this op-ed

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Marshall Saunders honored: Thanks to two anonymous donors, the
University of California San Diego is honoring CCL founder Marshall
Saunders by instituting the Marshall Saunders Chancellor's Endowed Chair
in Global Climate Policy and Research. Marshall passed away last
December. The first holder of this chair is Jennifer Burney

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, an environmental scientist whose research focuses on simultaneously
achieving global food security and mitigating climate change.

Take action this week

If you have a little time: Invite people you know to watch the recording

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of our September national call with guest speaker Tina Johnson, Director
at the National Black Environmental Justice Network. On the call, Tina
talked about how disproportionate numbers of Black people become sick
due to environmental inequalities and how the network is fighting for
environmental justice. Consider watching with them on Zoom so you can
discuss these issues after the call.

If you have more time: Attend this online workshop

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Thursday evening on How to Give Motivational Climate Presentations. The
workshop is a free, high impact one-hour training to introduce women
speakers to motivational presenting. Though this workshop is primarily
designed for women, all are welcome to attend.

Connect with your nearest CCL chapter

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to take action in your community, or join one of CCL's national online
Action Teams

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to take action on specific topics like agriculture, health, faith, and
more.

Browse CCL Community's Event Calendar

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to find upcoming events, trainings, and calls you can join.

Thank you to our 2020 Climate Guardians

Between COVID, our national reckoning on racial injustice, upcoming
elections, wildfires, and hurricanes, 2020 has been quite a trying year.
At some point this year, many of us have experienced a heavy despair
that tells us to give up, that these problems are just too big, and
there's nothing more we can do.

Luckily, CCL provides a place of refuge, somewhere to find connection,
gratitude, and optimism. Somewhere to recharge in order to continue
onward. Whatever comes our way, we CCLers remain steadfast in choosing
to believe that climate change is something we can solve together.

Our hopeful work wouldn't be possible without the unwavering commitment
of our 2020 Climate Guardian Donors, who provide support at the level of
$10,000 or more. Gifts from Climate Guardian Donors make up
approximately half of all donations from individuals to CCL and sister
organization Citizens' Climate Education each year, and their leadership
helps inspire others to give generously by matching all monthly
donations. Our donors, led by the Climate Guardians, allow CCL staff to
provide the up-to-date training, tools, support and events that help us
all keep pushing forward in difficult times.

Even more, they provide a powerful example of hope by putting their
money where their optimism is. So to our Climate Guardians, we say THANK
YOU! We literally could not do this work without you.

Chapter development: Social media graphics

Using social media can help grow and develop CCL chapters, and good
graphics announcing meetings and special events can raise the visibility
of social media posts. To help you create graphics that are clean, good
looking and reflect the CCL brand, we've created a number of easy-to-use
templates (like the one above) to create graphics for various social
media platforms. Access the templates through this Community page

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CCL volunteers are regularly activating the " five levers

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" of political will in their communities. If you'd like to learn more
about how to pull the chapter development lever, watch or read the
trainings on Social Media for Volunteers & Chapters.

CHECK OUT THE TRAININGS

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Upcoming trainings

9/17: Working With Business Climate Leaders - From Prospect to Advocate:
Support from the business community is one of the most effective ways to
influence members of Congress. This session with Business Climate
Leaders will teach you how to enroll that support. Join us!

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9/24: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in CCL Training - Diversity is one
of CCL's core values and broadens the base of support for passing
legislation. Diversity Outreach Coordinator Karina Ramirez reviews CCL's
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plans. Join us

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Need training on the basics? Catch our next session of Core Volunteer
Training, made for newer volunteers:

9/22: Celebrating Storytelling - Embrace the power of storytelling in
this training with Citizens' Climate Radio host Peterson Toscano and
learn how to share your own success stories from the field. Join us!

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

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This week on the CCL blog

Wildfires and climate change: The connection between climate change and
the devastating wildfires out West is pretty straightforward. Scientist
Dana Nuccitelli explains why California is being visited by the Ghost of
Summers Yet to Come. Read more

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Carbon price and net zero: Columbia University released a study showing
the carbon prices needed to achieve net-zero carbon on several
timelines. The good news: Their carbon price for mid-century net-zero
carbon aligns with the price in the Energy Innovation Act. Read more

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Share your story: Are you interested in being featured in a video or on
CCL's blog? Sign up to share your story

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about COVID-19, your climate advocacy, or anything else on your mind.
We'll contact you to schedule a conversation.

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Sign up for CCL Community
Connect with other CCL volunteers! Our online volunteer portal is filled
with amazing resources for education, outreach and taking action.
Community's Weekly Bulletin will keep you current on all the latest CCL
news.
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