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BC residents! We're running a second training from BC Climate Emergency Campaign on how to meet with your MLA about BC's climate action progress and where the province can do better, this time in the evening to accommodate more people's schedules.
When: Wednesday, April 16th, 7:00pm-8:30pm.
The BC Climate Emergency Campaign recently released its 2024 Climate Action Progress Report, evaluating the BC government on its response to the climate emergency. The next step is ensuring that MLAs see it – and that's where you come in!
At this training session, we'll walk you through all the steps for bringing this report to your MLA. We'll answer questions such as:
Why is this important?
Climate change is impacting hundreds of thousands of British Columbians and costing us billions, but we keep hearing from MLAs that "no one cares about climate change." Our MLAs need to hear from you!
All levels of experience are welcome. Whether you've held 10 MLA meetings or none, this session will provide important insight into key message framing to share, as well as concerns we're hearing from MLAs right now.
The BC Climate Emergency Campaign is a group of 600+ civil society organizations, anxious about the climate emergency, who are collaborating to increase the ambition of climate policy and action in BC. We organize our work around 10 urgent actions, and advocate for the transformation of CleanBC into a genuine emergency plan.
Parent voices are powerful but it can sometimes feel daunting to speak up.
In March, we ran a workshop to explore what sometimes holds us back from using our voices, heard stories of parent advocacy in action, learned about different ways to share our messages, and practiced crafting our own stories.
In this follow-up workshop, we’ve allowed additional time for practicing our stories together.
All are welcome. You don’t need to have participated in the first workshop to join.
Whether you're new to speaking up or looking to refine your approach, this session will help you speak up for a climate-safe future with confidence.
These are tough times for talking about climate change. At the political level, the issue has become more polarized, and in everyday life, people are overwhelmed by immediate concerns like affordability and security. In this context, it can be hard to know how or even whether to bring up climate change at all.
In this session delivered by Ghadah Alrasheed, Resource and Training Director at Re:Climate, we’ll explore how parents can talk to other parents, schools, elected officials, and their communities about why climate change matters to their kids’ well-being and future. Parents don’t need a science degree or policy background. Their power comes from their lived experiences, their roles as caregivers, and their voice as concerned citizens/voters. We’ll look at how parents can use that power to shift attitudes and inspire action.
The session draws on findings from Canadian public opinion research, media analysis, and insights from communication, tested narratives and psychology research. Our focus will be on tools parents can use to tell their stories, build trust, and connect with others.
We’ll cover:
About our presenter:
Ghadah Alrasheed | Resource and Training Director, Re:Climate 
Ghadah supports research, knowledge mobilization, and the development of resources, evidence-based tools, and training programs for Re.Climate’s network of more than 5000 climate members. With a PhD in Communication and experience in spanning the academic, federal, and NGO sectors, she brings a unique understanding of effective research and knowledge mobilization practices in climate communication.
Please join us for a family picnic potluck in Stanley Park to connect with families interested in creating community and wanting to respond to the climate crisis. Open to parents, grandparents and carers in Vancouver.
Come for community, play and music from Random Old Lady.
Please meet us by the playground at Second Beach. Look out for the For Our Kids banner. We'll send you exact location details closer to the date!
When: Sunday, May 25th
Time: 11am - 1pm
Location: Playground at Second Beach, Stanley Park
Please RSVP to let us know that you are coming.