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Hot Action Alerts:
Featured Issues Program:
Thursday, June 14th - An Update on Global Climate
Change - Elna Otter brings us the latest information
on the status of global climate change. Based on the
initial work of former Vice President Al Gore, Elna
presents the most up-to-date information about the
areas where we are gaining on climate change and
those where we continue to fall dangerously behind.
She reveals how the proposed Keystone XL pipeline
would be a major step backward in the effort to halt
and reverse climate change.
The presentation will be held at 7 pm at the SEIU (Service Employees International Union) building at 1600 N. Tucson Blvd. (one block south of Elm Street) - free and open to the public.
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Hot Announcements/Issues:
Announcement #1:
Dynamite Free Leadership Training For Climate Activists, May 25th - 27th
To take the climate change movement to a new level here in Tucson and Southern Arizona, 350.org is paying for a FREE (including meals) weekend leadership training and flying in two of their national trainers to build the skills of about 30 people who would like to do more to save our planet and our species. The content is state-of-the-art, developed by Marshall Ganz from Harvard’s Kennedy School, who designed Barack Obama’s 2008 grassroots campaign and worked with Cesar Chavez for sixteen years. Learn one-on-one, relational organizing (the gold standard for serious campaigns), strategy-making, working with the media and other specific skills. We will tailor the training to the needs of the participants and use our skills to design a local strategy and tactics.
You are invited, as a local climate and clean energy organizer and activist, to join us and other selected environmental leaders for a free three-day Climate Leadership Workshop, sponsored by 350.org. These workshops are being offered across the U.S. and around the world with the purpose of building the strongest possible climate and clean energy movement to address the climate crisis by building the organizing skills of local leaders.
The Tucson Climate Leadership Workshop will focus on campaign planning and story-telling, including practical information on traditional and social media, campaign planning, engaging allies, and other critical organizing tools. We will share lessons learned from our experience organizing both local events and international campaigns, and will equip you with skills that can bolster the work you do locally and empower you to more effectively contribute to the broader climate movement.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, May 26th and 27th (with a welcome event the evening of Friday, May 25th)
Times: 5 pm - 8 pm Friday, 9 am - 5 pm Saturday, and 9 am - 4 pm Sunday
Location: Dunbar Cultural Center Pavilion and boardroom; 325 W. 2nd St., Tucson, AZ, with low-carbon catering by the Green Gourmet (please indicate dietary preferences)
Please RSVP by May 21st if at all possible. After that, we cannot guarantee dietary requests or give you input to the design of the training. Please go to our Facebook page—350Tucson (scroll down on the left to the blue box) and fill out the linked questionnaire if you wish to attend, and we will get back to you as soon as possible to confirm. For more information, contact Vince at 520-400-7517, or arizona1sky@dakotacom.net.
This training will be capped at approximately 30 participants, and RSVPs will be accepted at least until Monday, May 21st. The training is free; we provide all the food and materials. Please consult with us about travel expenses and lodging if you will be travelling in from out of town.
We hope you can join us!
Vince, Patsy, Jim, Dave and the rest of 350’s Team Tucson
Deirdre, Ryan - facilitators
The staff of 350.org and partners
Featured Outing:
April - June 2012 Newsletter Headlines:
- Is Your Life Too Plastic? City of Tucson Weighs Bag Ban or Fee
- Presenting Three Short Films to Commemorate 3/11/11,
the Anniversary of the Fukushima Disaster - A Nuclear Waste Dump to Promote Arizona Schools?
