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CCL Weekly Briefing, March 15, 2023
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Table of Contents:
Social media post makes opportunity
Take action this week
CCL CA Orange County South
Upcoming trainings
Social media post opens the door for great opportunity
When Kaye McKleroy saw social media posts about CCL from her friend Jim
Ferguson, she was very impressed with our work. She told her friend,
James Robert Lilienthal, also called Jim, about CCL.
As Jim was planning his estate, he told Kaye that he cared about the
environment and asked her to choose a climate change organization to be
a beneficiary of the James R. Lilienthal Revocable Trust. Guess who Kaye
selected?
"I picked Citizens' Climate because I had heard about their work from my
friend Jim Ferguson via social media articles," Kaye explained to the
CCL Development Team
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. "It is the kind of organization that Jim would approve of in that you
work on both the national and local levels and rely on devoted
volunteers. He wasn't interested in a famous slick group. He was a
grassroots sort of guy. He would also have approved of your points of
view."
The gift from Jim's estate will go a long way toward CCL's ability to do
the important work that we do. You can have a big impact, too! During
the month of March, consider becoming a monthly donor with CCL so we can
continue to empower volunteers, host informative conferences, and
encourage members of Congress to work across the aisle on climate
change. Will you follow in Jim's footsteps and help CCL today?
BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR
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In other news this week:
• Join us in June: CCL's June conference
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will be returning in person this summer, complete with a lobby day on
Capitol Hill. Let's fill the halls of Congress and show lawmakers we're
as passionate as ever about climate legislation.
• Attend a regional event : CCL's state and regional conferences have
successfully continued, but there are still a few regional and state
conferences left! Coming up over the next few weeks are the Greater
Pacific Northwest Regional Conference
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, the Texas State Legislature Lobby Day
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, and the California Conference
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• Conservatives sound off in media: A couple of conservative CCLers have
recently gotten opinion editorials published about conservative action
on climate. Sylvia Neely
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, co-leader of the State College chapter of CCL, and Bruce Morlan
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, Minnesota State Coordinator, wrote op-eds about the important role
that conservatives play in finding a solution to climate change.
• Diversity and inclusion crucial to outreach: Danielle Whyte explains
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that a crucial component of recruiting and retaining new volunteers is
making sure they feel welcome and included.
• Volunteer Spotlight: Bob Clark-Phelps: This month's Volunteer
Spotlight
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shines the light on CCLer Bob Clark-Phelps, a former Scout with a love
of the outdoors.
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Take action this week
If you have a little time: Share this meme on CCL's Instagram
We're super passionate about climate advocacy, and we could talk about
it all day long. Like and share this meme
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about our enthusiasm for environmental policy.
If you have more time: Watch the recording of the March national call
Couldn't make it to our March national call this past weekend? The
recording is now available
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on CCL's YouTube channel. Watch now to learn about how the Evangelical
Environmental Network aims to bridge the partisan divide on climate, and
hear what you and your chapter can be working on this month.
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Featured Chapter: CCL California Orange County South
The California Orange County South Chapter of CCL is hard at work
growing healthy forests in the Golden State.
"We are planting a tree in San Juan Capistrano on Earth Day and six
native trees in San Clemente on Arbor Day," says chapter leaders Larry
Kramer and Karl Reitz. "We are marching as CCE in the Swallows Day
Parade on March 25, and we are tabling at the San Clemente Garden
Festival on April 15."
Larry and Karl share that more people than ever are stepping up to take
action, and they're looking at working alongside other nearby chapters.
But for now, the chapter is working hard on urban forests.
"We are working to make San Clemente a part of Tree City USA. We have a
monthly feature column in one local newspaper and are working to broaden
that to three or more," say Larry and Karl. "We are primarily
emphasizing the urban forest aspect in the planting of local trees and
using the other three policy areas in our featured newspaper articles."
Great work, California Orange County South!
FIND YOUR NEAREST CHAPTER
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Upcoming trainings
3/16: Reviewing CCL's Presentation Slide Decks — Want to give a climate
presentation and not sure where to start? Join CCL's Vice President of
Programs, Brett Cease, and other featured CCL leaders for a review of
CCL's presentation resources. Join us!
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3/23: Tabling Outreach with CCL's New Materials — In this training,
we'll review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team
roles, coordinate practice times, and how to handle other special
situations. This training is part of the "Working With Congress"
training series, designed to help our more experienced volunteers and
citizen lobbyists get ready for our June lobbying meetings. Join us!
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Need training on the basics? Catch our next session of Core Volunteer
Training, made for newer volunteers:
3/21: Communicating With Progressives — Join CCL Texas State Coordinator
and Progressive Outreach Action Team leader Bob Hendricks for a training
on Communicating With Progressives regarding putting a price on
pollution. 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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Donate now to support our climate action work
Donate Now!
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