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CCL Newsletter, October 2020

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Table of Contents:

December conference

Take action this week 

Featured lever: Grassroots

Upcoming trainings

This week on the CCL blog

Register for December virtual conference: United We Move

One month after the 2020 election, join thousands of your fellow CCL
advocates for a virtual conference on Dec. 5, when we'll lay the
groundwork for taking action on climate solutions in 2021.

Registration is now open for United We Move, a free event featuring
keynote speakers Hahrie Han — a professor of political science at Johns
Hopkins University who specializes in the study of organizing,
movements, civic engagement, and democracy — and John Wood, Jr.,
Director of Public Outreach at Braver Angels, an organization dedicated
to bringing liberals and conservatives together at the grassroots level.

In addition to the virtual conference on Saturday, participants can
choose one of four seminars happening on Sunday, Dec. 6. One of these
seminars — Bridging the Divide on Climate Solutions with Braver Angels —
will be limited to 200 participants.

Following the virtual conference and seminars, volunteers will hold
virtual lobby meetings with their representatives and senators Dec.
7-10. Those meetings will be scheduled by congressional liaisons. Check
with your group leader if you would like to participate.

The conference is open to the public. Invite your friends to attend by
sharing our k event

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REGISTER NOW

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Other news:

Have you tried CCL's new Action Tracker? CCL's IT team has built a cool
new tool for you to record your climate actions with CCL, and to see
what your fellow volunteers are up to. Our new Action Tracker allows
everyone to file, read and track an expanded range of actions. Watch a
short overview

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of this exciting new tool and take the training

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to learn how to use it.

Austin's carbon price making a difference: Back in the spring, Austin
CCL volunteer Matt Weldon made his case for carbon pricing at the local
level, and the city implemented a $4-per-ton levy on CO2. Since then,
carbon emissions have dropped 30%, avoiding 480,000 metric tons of CO2
emissions. Read the backstory

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of how it all happened.

Major power company moves to renewables: Vistra, a Texas-based power
provider, recently announced it would shut down all of its Illinois and
Ohio coal plants between 2022 and 2027. The utility plans to add more
solar energy and storage in the coming years with the aim of having
net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Share the good news!

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CCL Colombia addresses violence: Colombia is a dangerous place to be a
social justice or environmental activist. Laura Morales, the leader of
CCL Colombia, is helping to put global pressure on the government to do
more about it. The campaign is called #TakeActionForLife - #OJOaLaVida.
At CCL, we say democracy is our solution to the climate crisis. You
can't have democracy if voices are stifled by the threat of murder. Sign
up here

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to ask the government of Colombia to do more about it.

Take action this week

If you have a little time: Post your #ClimateVoter picture on social
media! Early voting is underway in many states. When you drop your
ballot in the mail or when you're waiting in line at your polling
station, snap a selfie and post it to social media with the hashtag
#ClimateVoter.

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

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of our October national call with guest speaker Alex Posner, President
and Founder of Students for Carbon Dividends. On the call, Alex talked
about the 350 student government leaders who have endorsed carbon
dividends, his work with the Climate Leadership Council, and projects
complementary with CCL advocacy. Consider watching with them on Zoom so
you can discuss these issues after the call.

You can also 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.

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Grassroots: Video helps presentation pitch

In reaching out to venues to do virtual presentations, CCL volunteer
Yifei Huang in the Silicon Valley North chapter thought her pitch could
use a little something extra. She recorded a minute-and-a-half video

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introducing herself, her concern about climate change and the need for
action. She includes this "trailer" in her pitch for presentations and
says she's getting lots of positive feedback about the video.

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 grassroots lever like this volunteer did, watch or
read this training on giving a presentation.

CHECK OUT THE TRAINING

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Upcoming trainings

10/15: Advanced Instagram Training - Instagram has emerged as an
essential social media platform. CCL Marketing Manager Ashley
Hunt-Martorano offers helpful tips and tricks to create effective
stories and campaigns. Join us

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10/22: How to Give Motivational Climate Presentations - Learn how to
infuse acceptance, hope and agency into your presentations to bridge the
gap from climate apathy to taking action. Join us

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

10/20: CCL Media Basics - Learn how to pull the media lever for
generating political will by writing effective letters to the editor and
developing relationships with journalists. Learn more

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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

Social psychology framework for climate advocates: Earlier this month,
psychologists David Sherman and Leaf Van Boven presented their findings
on the social psychology framework and how it can be applied to climate
advocacy. Check out a recap of their presentation. Read more

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Giving from your IRA in 2020: Recent legislation during the pandemic has
thrown a degree of uncertainty into Qualified Charitable Distributions
from donor IRAs. CCL's Topher Anderson helps to clear up some of the
confusion. Read more

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CCL Climate Advocate Training
Do you want to be a more effective volunteer? Start by joining our
Informational Session, then register for our Climate Advocate Training,
and wrap up with our Core Volunteer Training.
The Info Session is held weekly on Wednesdays at 8pm ET, 5pm PT.
Join Info Session
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Climate Advocate Training is held the first Wednesday of every month at
1 pm ET and the third Wednesday monthly at 8 pm ET (adjust for your
local time zone).
Register for Climate Advocate Training
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Core Volunteer Training is held weekly on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT.
RSVP for Core Volunteer Training
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Sign up for CCL Text Messages
As we build political will for climate solutions, CCL can notify you of
timely actions via text message. This will be critical once a bill is in
congress. You can opt out at any time. Sign up today!
Sign up for CCL Text Messages
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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.
Request a CCL Community Login
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Donate now to support our climate action work

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