February 2024 Monthly Actions & Meeting with guest Sam Daley-Harris, Civic Courage founder and book author
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In July 2007, CCL founder Marshall Saunders asked Sam Daley-Harris to coach him on starting the first CCL chapters. Sam continued to coach CCL leaders over the next 7 years. Sam founded the anti-poverty lobby RESULTS in 1980, co-founded the Microcredit Summit campaign in 1995, and founded Civic Courage in 2012. The completely revised and updated edition of Sam’s book, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy, was released on January 9, 2024.
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- To connect by video conference, go to cclusa.org/meeting
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- To watch a livestream go to: cclusa.org/livestream
February's Actions (click here to download the full sheet)
- Plan a March drop-off at your MOCs’ district/state office
- Help get voters out for the primary elections
- Social media bonus action: Get out the primary vote with CCL’s Social Media Toolkit
- Grasstops engagement bonus action: Schedule a CCL update for a community leader you know
- Mobilization bonus action: Preserve the climate funding in the Farm Bill - Write Congress
- Communications Skills Exercise: Practice saying our Farm Bill talking points
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