Issue: Principles & Processes

As the seasons’ turn, new life and opportunities emerge. The Lab’s first Spring Community Call to re-ground in community, plant seeds of understanding on our movement’s key priorities and challenges, and nurture dialogue with other leaders about what it takes to build durable power and win equitable solutions.
Social science research affirms the need for “critical capacities” of effective social movements. The Lab has identified 5 critical capacities including strategic, organizing, narrative, disruptive, and electoral/institutional. During this Spring Community Call, we explore what these are and reflect on how these critical capacities are connected to building a powerful multi-racial, cross-class climate movement. In this community call, participants leave with:
• New and strengthened relationships with other leaders in the movement
• A snapshot of the climate movement’s current opportunities and gaps
• Concrete ways to apply the “5 critical capacities framework”
Together, we create a space of learning across the Lab community and inspire one another with our collectively held and distinct experiences.
 

As the seasons turn, new life and opportunities emerge. Join the Lab’s first Spring Community Call to re-ground in community, plant seeds of understanding on our movement’s key priorities and challenges, and nurture dialogue with other leaders about what it takes to build durable power and win equitable solutions.
Social science research affirms the need for “critical capacities” of effective social movements. The Lab believes these should include: strategic, organizing, narrative, disruptive, electoral/institutional. During our Spring Community Call, we will explore what these are and reflect on how these critical capacities are connected to building a power multiracial, cross-class climate movement.
In this community call, participants will leave with:

New and strengthened relationships with other leaders in the movement
A snapshot of the climate movement’s current opportunities and gaps
Concrete ways to apply the “5 critical capacities framework”

Together, we can create a space of learning across the Lab community and inspire one another with our collectively held and distinct experiences.

The next global youth climate strike takes place on March 25, marking three years since 1.4 million young people from 123 different countries first walked out of class to demand climate action in March 2019.
The school strikes and other large climate protests of 2019 activated a new generation of leaders and elevated public support for climate action. Since then, challenging social and political conditions have also emerged: a global pandemic and uprising for racial justice, major blocks to progress at the federal level, and now a war in Ukraine.
Navigating uncertainty and challenge is at the core of organizing, but so are practices of adapting, building on past lessons, and bringing bold leadership to pathways forward. Reflecting on the past three years, we dig into the youth climate strike movement and how they are learning to adapt and build on past efforts in the face of growing challenges.