Legislative Advocacy 101

​In this interactive workshop, we will discuss why legislative advocacy is important, and how you, an individual citizen, can leverage the power you have for the greatest change. Topics include coalition building, letters to the editor, grasstops outreach, and lobbying.

​Pollution is an inevitable side effect of unregulated capitalism. Voluntary individual and even corporate actions will not stop pollution. We need laws. That means we need you to tell your representatives that controlling pollution is a priority.

​Draft schedule:

• ​1:00pm--1:15pm: Arrive and socialize

• ​1:15pm--1:30pm: Opening remarks about the importance and strategy of legislative advocacy

• ​1:30pm--3:00pm: Fifteen-minute rotations for practice with various kinds of legislative advocacy

​Materials needed:

• ​(optional) laptop or cell phone, for activities that use the Internet

​By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of PNW Climate Week, receive communications about PNW Climate Week, and acknowledge that photos/videos may be taken for promotional use.