UPDATED FOR THE SECOND EDITION!

This workbook is meant to help you apply the
recommendations to your organizing practice and culture. Whether you’re currently involved in a multiracial, cross-class climate coalition, thinking about starting one, or evaluating a past coalition, we hope this workbook clarifies for you and your partners the breadth of considerations and decisions you will likely face.

The structure of the workbook mirrors the report recommendations. We break each suggestion down into a series of questions meant to kickstart discussions between you and your coalition partners. These conversations will (hopefully) lead to a greater sense of trust and clarity as you step into your work. Full descriptions of each recommendation can be found in the report (pages 38-43). Additional links to selected resources are provided at the end.

These exercises are, at their heart, about making your individual assumptions explicit to each other. Candid conversations on these points can help avoid harmful miscommunications that, at best, slow down the work of the coalition and, at worst, splinter the coalition altogether. That said, finding alignment may not be easy or quick, so we also foreground the importance of trust, cooperation, and empathy when approaching these discussions. While some of these questions are framed in terms of a new coalition getting off the ground, feel free to rephrase them to match your coalition’s trajectory. Beyond the specific considerations in each section, we recommend that you revisit the following framing questions throughout your conversations.