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What
CCL Volunteers Do
Lobbying includes direct, personal
contact in DC and in-district with the member and his/her staff. It also
includes constituent contacts at local events such as town hall meetings and
by mail/messaging. It can be done directly by CCL volunteers and we can also
support other groups/key messengers to lobby on their own for climate
action/carbon fee and dividend. For
example, volunteers from the Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda chapter have held
meeting at Congressman Rooney's office at the Capital and here at the
district office in Punta Gorda. Our volunteers have made scores of calls
explaining our concern about climate change, and sent dozens of letters and
messages asking for action. Media includes newspaper opinion
pages, newspaper articles, TV and radio stories and talk shows, and major
online sites. We work hard to publish
articles, letters to the editor, etc. Eco-Voice
is one online site we use to get our message out. Outreach includes presentations to
the general public, and targeting particular key groups that our Congressman will listen to. We set up our
table at events like the Nature
Festival. Chapter development includes recruiting more
volunteers for our chapter, supporting them well in their activities, and
moving our chapter membership to be more inclusive of key constituencies that
our Congressman needs to hear from. Expansion includes increasing CCL’s
presence in a new district or building it up within a district by adding or
strengthening chapters.
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