Preparing for the 2025 CCL Fall Conference & Lobby Day

CCL’s Fall Virtual Conference: Sharper than ever, CCL's next chapter takes place November 14-15, 2025 with the following week (November 17-21) designated as our virtual lobby week. CCL Congressional Liaisons and chapters are working together to help volunteers find training and plan their corresponding virtual lobby meetings. This page walks through important details regarding recommended training, the lobby meeting appointment setting process and team creation, and how to plan and best prepare for lobby day.

Most Important Training and Resources

Our Lobby Meeting Toolkit will help you prepare for the Fall Lobby Days with all the training and resources you need.

The most important training to prepare for our lobby days is listed below.

• Lobby Training #1: Primary & Supporting Asks - Thursday, October 30 @ 8:00 pm ET
• Lobby Training #2: Legislative Plan - Monday, November 3 @ 1:00 pm ET
• Conference & Lobby Day Q&A (for new volunteers) - Thursday, November 6

If you’re new to CCL or you have never taken CCL’s Climate Advocate Workshop, it is required to lobby with CCL.  You can register here for the live virtual session on Sunday, November 2nd or watch a recording.

• Youth Lobby Training (for those under 18) Sunday, October 26 @ 4:30 pm ET

Additional Training Opportunities

Topic specific trainings related to our anticipated Primary and Secondary Asks

• Bringing Policy Support from Trusted Messengers to Congress
• Clean Energy Permitting Reform Overview
• Fix Our Forests Act training page & Senate Updates to Fix Our Forests

Registering for the Conference

Registration for our Fall 2025 Conference is now open: https://cclusa.org/fallconference. 🎉 Check back on the website for updates to the program and speakers. For any questions regarding the conference, email conference.inbox@citizensclimate.org.
 

Lobby Meeting Appointment Setting & Lobby Team Process
 

Lobby Meeting Appointment Setting

Lobby meeting appointments with Congressional offices will be made by designated CCL Congressional Liaisons or Appointment Setters. If you are not a liaison, please do not try to set an appointment (you can learn about becoming a liaison here).  If you're not sure if there is a liaison or you need help, contact your State Coordinator or Network Director. 

Assembling your Lobby Team

For the fall virtual lobby meetings, lobby teams will be created by the local meeting lead, who is usually the liaison and/or appointment setter. If you have any questions about who that person is for your group, feel free to reach out to your chapter leader. If you have any additional questions please contact CCL's Liaison Coordinator team at liaison.coordinator@citizensclimatelobby.org.

Lobby Meeting Planning

Our Lobby Meeting Toolkit will guide you through the planning process.

More Information & Contact 

Check out the FAQs on the Conference Website for more information. 

If you have questions about lobby days, please email liaison.coordinator@citizensclimate.org

If you have questions about the conference, please email conference.inbox@citizensclimate.org.

• Meeting Minutes Form
• Meeting Plan Template
• Congressional Bios

• (0:00) Intro & Agenda
• (2:06) Where Things Stand
• (8:34) Primary Ask: Support the Clean Energy Transition
• (39:53 ) Secondary Ask
• Q&A Discussion is a separate video here: https://vimeo.com/1100493436

• Jennifer Tyler
• Dana Nuccitelli

• View or download the Presentation Slides: cclusa.org/july-10-training

• Meeting Minutes Form
• Meeting Plan Template
• Congressional Bios