OLIVIA CHOW OF THE INSTITUTE FOR CHANGE LEADERS: TRAINING ORGANIZERS TO BUILD MOVEMENTS - SESSION 1: EFFECTIVELY LOBBYING YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

OLIVIA CHOW OF THE INSTITUTE FOR CHANGE LEADERS: TRAINING ORGANIZERS TO BUILD MOVEMENTS - SESSION 1: Effectively Lobbying your Elected Representatives March 31 from 1:00-2:00 PM EST

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‍Do you have a desire to step up and fight for a better, fairer, more just world?

The Institute for Change Leaders (ICL) teaches the skills that organizers, activists and campaigners need to win social change. The core curriculum comes from Marshall Ganz, a Harvard professor who codified the relationship-building organizational framework they teach. The fundamentals of community organizing focuses on five key leadership practices: telling stories, building relationships, structuring teams, strategizing, and acting.

Check out the first of two webinars with Olivia Chow: Effectively Lobbying your Elected Representatives

Learn: 

-    The difference between strategy and tactics

-    How to challenge the belief that knowledge equals action

-    Ways to track down power

-    Clarify the goal you want to accomplish in your lobbying efforts

-    Contact your MPP or MLA  (or other elected representatives) to get a response and a meeting

-    Prep for the meeting, who and what to bring. Define what is an effective “ask”.

-    Conduct the meeting and follow up.

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