Audience: Environmental 'Base'

What are the most effective ways to sway legislators, members of Congress, and other policymakers? Learn advanced techniques, drawn from a comprehensive review of research.

Up your impact this session and learn advanced techniques for educating policymakers, drawn from a comprehensive review of research.

This has been a challenging weekend (and month) for communities around the country for a whole host of reasons. As you read this week’s feature, written by Maliyah, I ask you to reflect on the strength our communities already hold, especially through the data, stories, and lived experience that too often get talked about but not truly listened to.

Maximize impact this legislative session with the Lab’s training on the most effective evidence-based ways to influence legislators and other policy makers.

Maximize impact this legislative session with the Lab’s training on the most effective evidence-based ways to influence legislators and other policy makers

Understanding and adapting to obscure technical changes, often without in-house IT support to help, can seem overwhelming when you’re also trying to edit a funny-but-action-driving video for 3 different channels, track ad ROI, and write 3 fundraising emails. But you’re not alone in this moment. Join the Climate Advocacy Lab (the lab) and The Movement Cooperative (TMC) for a webinar designed to strengthen your understanding of the technical and strategic dimensions of email and SMS deliverability.

Recent acts of violence and injustice—here in Minneapolis–St. Paul and in communities across the country—are not only social and political crises; they are health crises. As we navigate ongoing harm and uncertainty, it is essential that we care for ourselves and one another.

With energy costs on the rise, I have been scouring trusted sources for answers on the best ways to talk about the energy affordability crisis. Let me point you to three grounding strategies that have helped me figure out how we can make the energy affordability case.