Episode Details

The CCL Government Affairs team is recommending that all chapters secure at least one letter from a trusted messenger to their member of Congress (MOC) and deliver the letter in a June lobby meeting. Folks in your chapter likely know local elected officials and these community leaders are very often trusted messengers to their MOCs. Or you can use our CCL Community training to identify and meet with CEOs and business owners who may be trusted messengers.  This training provides some ideas to start the process of identifying and recruiting allies in our communities. Some of the best tools for convincing friends their voices make a difference and walks us through how to start inventorying your group and potential allies who can support CCL's efforts at the national level.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:30) Why Grasstops to Influence your member of Congress?
(4:00) What is a trusted messenger?
(13:28) How to identify trusted messengers
(19:17) Our editable template letter

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/trusted-messengers 

CCL Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/273