Welcome! The Training for Impact is a power building and organizing program designed to give you the skills you need to build the durable people-power necessary to win a just, equitable energy transition and a healthy and safe future for our families and communities. This training is designed for emerging leaders in the climate movement: organizers and advocates with a minimum of one year of organizing experience who are looking to scale their work and/or deepen their ability to build the power necessary to win.
This program from the Climate Advocacy Lab will take place from March 2023 to May 2023. The program will consist of an in-person kickoff meeting, bi-weekly online trainings, 1:1 coaching, as well occasional as pre-work and post-work assignments.
Applicant Criteria
• A new (1-3 years of experience) climate organizer or advocate with at least one year of organizing experience - locally, regionally, and/or nationally. This is designed for people who are currently or looking to level up their organizing to building more power and scale their work.
• Affiliation with an organization or community who can support your growth
• Leadership or emerging leadership in the climate movement
• Demonstrated commitment to racial justice and equity, social justice and intersectionality in this movement
• Commitment to building sustained power, capacity, and growth
• Proficiency in English (Program will be led in English)
• At least 18 years of age (sorry no minors)
• Ability to invest 2-3 hours per week in the program from March 2022 to May 2022 and commitment to community learnings
(This program is designed for candidates with existing environmental/climate work that they are looking to grow or scale, rather than new ideas/concepts that are in incubation.)
Please note: We understand environmental movements have perpetuated the marginalization of people and communities— including Black, Indigenous and People of color, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, people from low income backgrounds, disabled people and womxn. Equity means centering these communities and individuals in the work. These communities must be centered in this work.
Participants will gain:
• A foundational political education on racial capitalism and other systems of oppression
• A holistic approach to climate movement work that includes power-building, community organizing, campaign development, and campaigns.
• The ability to develop power-building strategy
• Supportive healthy, joyful activist teams focused on relationships, creating pathways for leadership development, and helping build a people-powered climate movement
The curriculum of this program will be:
• Building power through blended organizing models and strategy
• Campaign development, movement building and scaling your work
• Communications and Volunteer Engagement
• Integration of the different critical capacities of social movements
Trainings will be every other week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 AM - 12:30 PM MST // 12 PM - 1:30 PM CST
*time subject to change based on organizers availability*
You will have occasional pre-reading or post-session homework.
This Training is FREE!
Please note: We are committed to building a collaborative, hands-on, non-extractive, and community relevant experience for all participants. This program will be co-created alongside participates through the application process and program (i.e. schedule and timing).
Total Time to fill out application: 30 - 45 mins
Application Opens: December 22, 2022
Application Closes: February 1, 2023
Applicants informed: By February 9, 2023
If you have questions, please reach out to Gabby Heidrich (gabrielle@climateadvocacylab.org) and Assata Harris (assata@climateadvocacylab.org)
