January 2024 Monthly Actions & Meeting Hosted by Flannery Winchester, CCL Senior Director of Communications
To start off 2024, Join Communications Senior Director Flannery Winchester to find out about CCL's Legislative Roadmap and Chapter Planning Action! Flannery trains and supports volunteers to publish written pieces in local media, appear on TV and radio. She also pitches national media, manages and edits the CCL blog, and keeps our volunteers informed and inspired through social media and regular newsletters. Flannery came to CCL after content and marketing roles at an email marketing agency, an international software company, and a local women’s magazine in Atlanta. Flannery will be providing an update on CCL's 2024 strategic policy-based initiatives and plans followed by chapter action planning, presented by CCL Vice President of Programs Brett Cease.
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January's Actions (click here to download the full sheet)
- Make a 2024 chapter action plan
- Welcome and onboard folks who join your chapter in January
- Election Engagement Action: Help get environmentally-minded people to vote in the primaries
- Mobilization Bonus Action: Launch 2024 right - write Congress about permitting reform
- Communications Skills Exercise: Practice saying our updated permitting reform talking points
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