CCL’s Theory of Change: The Three Conditions for Congressional Action (BRIDGE Training #4)

About this episode

The episode discusses the conditions necessary for congressional action on climate change as outlined by Citizens' Climate Lobby.

From a review of CCL's history to a focus on our shared work ahead, learn how climate progress becomes possible when your Member of Congress experiences Strong Conviction, Political Safety, Undeniable Support—and how your chapter’s actions intentionally build those conditions. Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:23) CCL's History(6:03) Theory of Change(13:26) Three Conditions(17:30) Name The Condition(29:36) Power vs. Force in Advocacy(33:14) Final Takeaways Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/BRIDGE-4-Slides CCL Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/BRIDGE/Unit-2/Training-1 Log Your Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/log_training?sf_id=a5yUP000000EAabYAG

Topics covered

• climate change
• advocacy
• congressional action
• CCL history
• theory of change

Keywords

• climate progress
• Strong Conviction
• Political Safety
• Undeniable Support
• advocacy training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citizens' Climate Lobby, CCL, Congress

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