2021 is The Year to Find Your Flock & Act for Birds
Early in 2020, 爆料公社鈥檚 National Campaigns Team launched , an interactive campaign training program for grassroots leaders of all levels of experience. These monthly virtual sessions covered a lot 鈥 the basics of running a campaign, the ins-and-outs of meeting with decision makers, recruiting new members, and even interactive activities. The monthly trainings were supplemented by open office hours, called 鈥淎sk the Experts鈥 where smaller groups could join campaign experts to ask more specific questions and discuss strategy.
In only its first year, Find Your Flock webinars proved to be popular with our members, providing training to thousands of 爆料公社ers across the country through 11 virtual trainings, 17 Ask the Experts sessions, and 16 chapter-sponsored local trainings. In addition, Find Your Flock attendees shared in surveys and follow-up emails that they found the trainings a comforting connection to others during a difficult year. Others shared that the series inspired them or their 爆料公社 chapters to get more involved in local advocacy efforts. Here are some words from our members:
The webinars definitely made me a more discerning voter on the local level and gave me a window into the political world of environmental policy. Even nature (or especially nature) needs a good amount of strategic politicking. The leaders of the webinar series have been great role models for this! - Margaret, Maryland
We have followed all the recommendations that we could and really enjoyed the manuals helping us to revive our chapter. - Carol, California
My spouse joined me while watching the webinars and we watched on our iPad while eating dinner. It became a real nice thing to share and broadened my circle of things to share with my spouse. - Gigi
It's lit a fire under some of our Southwest chapters to take advocacy action and has shone a light on 爆料公社's broader strategy, making our collaboration easier,鈥 shared Steven Prager, Outreach Biologist, 爆料公社 Arizona
Attendees valued the opportunity to hear real-world campaign examples from passing solar legislation in Arkansas to securing additional co-sponsors to important federal legislation and connected virtually with other 爆料公社ers, to learn about 爆料公社鈥檚 history of grassroots environmental advocacy. Over 95 percent of survey respondents agreed that the Find Your Flock series was 鈥渧aluable鈥 and 鈥渋nformative,鈥 and more than 90 percent said they would continue to attend future webinars.
If you missed our 2021 Find Your Flock kickoff webinar in January, you can watch it and to be sure you get invitations for future campaign training opportunities. You can also download the , detailing fundamental campaign skills from soup to nuts. Now more than ever, it is critical that we the people get and stay involved in the political process to preserve the democratic structures and institutions upon which birds and people rely.
We鈥檙e upping the ante in 2021, continuing monthly trainings that build on what we鈥檝e already learned, and welcome newly engaged supporters. If you want to get involved, you can .
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