Sept 3

• Facilitate 4th Box with your org/coalition/community/people! (see presentation slides in this deck)
• Watch SBS video on Narrative Strategy if you haven’t yet (instructions on slide 4)

Sept 10

• Facilitate the NPMA exercise with your own group/coalition/org - use the worksheet in the folder
• Shift the Triangle of characters to start telling your story
• Revisit your Cornerstones for next week - especially the audiences! (template here)
• Add to CCHE Initiative playlist on Spotify!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5dYzCCjWJ6UvReb4FtCk0C?si=Rr8VHGTzQ_yHqdSpvGhNIg

Sept 17

• Build Your Story using Elements of Story and reference your Cornerstones
• Prototype on your own or with group on your action ideas from today (use blank prototype slide as a template)
• Choose an assumption to challenge, one audience segment, a POI, and the emotional response you are aiming for.
• How will you intervene? Brainstorm some creative ideas of how you will reach your audiences: think of some creative actions or interventions
• Bring back to share next week a prototype or idea you feel good about or something challenging you want feedback.

Sept 24

• Keep building your story! Share these activities with your coworkers!
• Iteration and experimentation of your prototypes
• Bring in artists/cultural producers/members/people outside of your work to brainstorm

CONFLICT

CHARACTERS

IMAGERY/�SHOW DON’T TELL

FORESHADOWING

UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS

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In a land deep in the bowl of a magical kingdom, there was a mysterious black substance seeping into the ground.

All plant and human lives were impacted. Their health & happiness was on the line.

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One day, all the beings in this realm decided enough was enough. They found a sword so strong it could break through the hardest of stones & fought the evil being.

The black substance lifted up from the ground. The plants regained their color and life. Humans could feel happiness & hope in their newly restored land.

In a kingdom where all beings found happiness, strength, and hope from their land/surroundings, they were suddenly met with an evil substance.

This substance seeped into the ground, killing the source of life and abundance in the kingdom.

The beings realized the only way to stop the substance from spreading more was to unite & fight together to protect their land.

So they went on a journey, found a sword that broke thru the hardest of rocks, and defeated the substance, reclaiming their land & life.

In South Central LA, there was a strong sense of community, identity, and prosperous life both in people & the land.

But one day, there was a big shake and the neighborhoods were full of smoke, a weird smell, and black tar on their streets.

People fell ill, gardens and life began to die, and the ones who made the mistake never took responsibility.

The residents found strength with each other and worked together to hold the companies accountable by making them pay back impacted families, land & air fees & by ending all extraction of oil

In SLA communities were unified and prospered off their land as much as they could.

Then one day large corporations began moving in & causing crisis like oil spills, toxic air and illnesses.

The community decided to join together & let their voices be heard against these corporations & they got the attention of elected officials.

They fought for & won their land back, reclaiming their natural resources, and ending corporations.

There was a kingdom full of lovely creatures that was cursed by an evil wizard.

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Whenever they rode their carriages they would emit poisonous gas that hurt their lungs, health, and destroyed their kingdom.

A brave and intelligent fairy created a magical carriage system that all the creatures could share that limited the amount of carriages they needed and didn’t emit poison.

It took some convincing to get the creatures to switch from individual poisonous carriages to her poison-free carriage system, but in the end they did.

An evil wizard cursed the Kingdom of Erandi so that whenever they rode in their carriages they would emit poisonous gas.

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The inhabitant of the kingdom believed there was nothing they could do to break the curse, but a group of brave and intelligent fairies knew that they could.

Together they created a magical carriage system that all the inhabitants could share that limited the amount of carriages rides they needed to take, and most importantly didn’t emit poison.

It took some convincing to get the creatures to switch from individual poisonous carriages to her poison-free carriage system, but in the end they did.

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Humans discovered that they could use substances that occurs naturally in nature to create power, and energy.

We used these substances to power our automobiles. There were many benefits to this, but it was also poisoning us and destroying our planet. We all thought it was just the price we had to pay for progress.

Then some humans believed we could make a change. They discovered that we could power our autos with electricity, and if we used public transportation that would further decrease the harm we were doing to ourselves.

Many people, still don’t believe, or they think that our health and earth isn’t worth the financial cost of creating more public transit and transitioning to electric vehicles.

There was a small little coastal town with sparkly buildings and beautiful skyline views called New York City.

One day, a fire-breathing dragon with a bad attitude found was flying up the coast and saw the skyline of New York City. They decided to wreak havoc on the town.

The dragon started blowing smoke and gas down on the town. The air quickly became smoggy and polluted and the temperatures in the city started to rise. People started getting very sick.

After years of suffering under the smoke of the dragon, the town decided to stand up for themselves. They built huge windmills to blow the smoke away from the town, and set up reflective glass that flashed sun in their eyes. Finally, the dragon got fed up and left

An angry dragon flying up the coast of the Atlantic decided to target a sleepy little coastal town with sparkly buildings and a beautiful skyline with their fiery, smoky, wrath.

The dragon drowned the city in smoke and polluted the air and water. The land was getting too hot for the people to live there. After years of this torture, the town was practically unlivable.

But the people of the town did not want to lose their homes. Townspeople started meeting together and organizing a plan. After months of discussion and debate, they finally had a shared strategy to get rid of the dragon.

The townspeople constructed giant windmills to blow the smoke away from the town, and set up reflective glass that flashed sun in the dragon's eyes. Finally, the dragon got fed up with the nuisances and flew away

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There was a sleepy little coastal town with sparkly buildings and a beautiful skyline called New York City.

One day, a huge fire miles away started blowing smoke and pollution over the town. The residents watched as their air, water and land became polluted and hot. It was becoming unbearable to live.

Finally, residents decided to band together to figure out a way to stop the smoke and propel it in a different direction. After hours of long meetings, brainstorms and debates, they figured out a strategy.

A handful of townspeople traveled off to try and put the fire out from the source. Others constructed giant windmills that blew the smoke away from the town. They set up solar panels to power the windmills. The plan worked...

There was a sleepy little coastal town with sparkly buildings and a beautiful skyline called New York City.

One day, a huge fire miles away started blowing smoke and pollution over the town. The residents watched as their air, water and land became polluted and hot. It was becoming unbearable to live.

Finally, residents decided to band together to figure out a way to stop the smoke and propel it in a different direction. After hours of long meetings, brainstorms and debates, they figured out a strategy.

A handful of townspeople traveled off to try and put the fire out from the source. Others constructed giant windmills that blew the smoke away from the town. They set up panels that harnessed the power of the sun to run the windmills. The plan worked...

There was a land inhabited by sick frail people in neighborhoods with thick polluted air.

The energy to their homes was delivered by powerful evil villians that dug deep into the earth for slimy oil streams or burned coal that oozed smoke in order to deliver this energy.

Mr. Community Choice Energy aka Mr. CCE swooped in with solar panels, wind tunnels, and water power and placed a spell on the evil villain, hopng they would change their evil ways.

The villains fell asleep and awakened convinced they had to walk with Mr. CCE

There was a land inhabited by sick frail people in neighborhoods with thick polluted air. They wanted change in their community

The energy to their homes was delivered by powerful evil villians that dug deep into the earth for slimy oil streams or burned coal that oozed smoke in order to deliver this energy.

Mr. Community Choice Energy aka Mr. CCE went door to door talking with residents to explain the value of using clean renewable energy like solar panels, wind mills, and water power. He was a great guy who knew these other forms of energy would change the environment in the land and help tackle some of the issues that caused the sicknesses there. He influenced others to want change, including the Mayor of the land. Mr. CCE worked with city leaders and residents, and they negotiated a new contract with the villains so residents could select their preferred choice of energy.

The villains listened and they were forced to provide alternatives to the community that allowed for the use of 100 percent renewable energy.. They became educated on their role in causing the problems and they were willing to try new things.They put the value of humanity and the planet over the money that lined their pocketbooks before. They saw that using renewable energy could also provide green jobs, and meet their financial needs and committed to making that a priority.

There was a land inhabited by sick frail people in neighborhoods with thick polluted air. They wanted change in their community

The energy to their homes was delivered by powerful evil villians that dug deep into the earth for slimy oil streams or burned coal that oozed smoke in order to deliver this energy.

Mr. Community Choice Energy aka Mr. CCE swooped in with solar panels, wind tunnels, and water power. He was a great guy who knew these other forms of energy would change the environment in the land and help tackle some of the issues that caused the sicknesses there. Mr. CCE placed a spell on the evil villain,hopng they would change their evil ways and try some of his climate friendly methods.

The villains fell asleep and awakened convinced they had to walk with Mr. CCE. They became educated on their role in causing the problems and they were willing to try new things.

There was a land inhabited by sick frail people in neighborhoods with thick polluted air. They wanted change in their community

The energy to their homes was delivered by powerful evil villians that dug deep into the earth for slimy oil streams or burned coal that oozed smoke in order to deliver this energy.

Mr. Community Choice Energy aka Mr. CCE went door to door talking with residents to explain the value of using clean power like solar panels, wind mills, and water power. Mr. CCE was a great guy who knew these other forms of energy would change the environment in the land and help tackle some of the issues that caused the sicknesses there. He influenced others to want change, including the Mayor of the land. Mr. CCE worked with city leaders and residents, and they negotiated a new contract with the villains so residents could select their preferred choice of energy.

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The villains listened and they were forced to provide alternatives to the community that allowed for the use of 100 percent clean energy.. They became educated on their role in causing the problems and they were willing to try new things.They put the value of humanity and the planet over the money that lined their pocketbooks before. They saw that using these natural energy sources could also provide jobs, and meet their financial needs. They then committed to making natural clean energy a priority.

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There was this beautiful city on the side of the ocean, where residents live in harmony with the magical creatures of the forest and of the ocean.

Then one resident of the city was not happy, didn’t want to share and decided to make a pact with a ugly underground oily creature to create power!!!

This resident-un Ogro didn’t know all the problems he will cause to the the city residents and the magical creatures of the forest and ocean. The more the residents burned this oil the more powerful the Ogro become!

Residents wake up of this nightmare with the help of the magical creatures.

There was this beautiful city on the side of the ocean, where residents live in harmony with the magical creatures of the forest and ocean.

When the Ogro discovered that this oily monster could make him powerful, he sold the story to the residents to burn the oil to keep themselves warm.

Residents were aware of the Ogro intentions, and start talking to the magical creatures and other city dweller to not let themself be fooled. Even though some citizens felt powerless because they didn’t know how to fight the ogro, they come together.

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The city of Houston was a beautiful clean city on the side of the ocean, where residents live in harmony with nature.

The oil industry start developing industry and causing a lot of harm. Residents start talking with one another and decided to form a council to discuss the direction they will like to go.

The oil industry is powerful, some said. But others said “we are powerful too” They create an action plan:

They contact more residents to come to the council.

they decided to stop the industry; they needed to create a new source of warming their homes. They brainstorm and come with solutions that will benefit the whole city. They expel the oil industry from their land

The city of Houston was a beautiful clean city on the side of the ocean, where residents live in harmony with nature. Then city of Houston changed the way they produce energy and caused a lot of harm to their residents.

Residents new that the way they produce energy was affecting their health and needed to find different ways to produce what they need. They needed different solutions to the many problems the energy industry had caused..

They proposed switching to other ways of energy, and new that this would create jobs. Residents start talking to their neighbors.

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Ones upon a time there was a magical organization that fought to empower residents in the village to fight for justice and equity.

The fight was against the warriors of the city that imposed their laws against the vulnerable communities. Trying to make changes without community input or recommendations.

The magical organization united with resident using magic to bridge the inequities working strategically in order to connect and bring unity.

The city warriors started learning about engagement and saw that there was unity and cohesion to projects.

Training residents to communicate and build courage to speak to the city warriors was a step to getting tools to fight the fight

In working with the city warriors in low income communities with residents giving them the opportunity to learn and being more intentional with unite and work together.

The magical organization worked tirelessly to provide training and strategize ways to meet the gap.

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GAVA works to empower residents to access basic needs in the communities that are more impacted by systemic oppresions

Working with the city to prevent changes changes done without resident input becomes an opportunity to train the city to better engage with community.

Being the bridge builders for communication and equity having residents gain the much needed tools to strategically work to benefit the community

The city connects and works to create projects based on residents perspectives and recommendations. Providing solutions and demanding accountability for a safer better city.

GAVA works to empower residents to access basic needs in the communities that are more impacted by the socks and stressors caused by people with power.

Working with the city to prevent changes changes done without resident input becomes an opportunity to train the city to better engage with community.

Being the bridge builders for communication and equity having residents gain the much needed tools to strategically work to benefit the community to make it a safe environment.

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The city connects and works to create projects based on residents perspectives and recommendations. Residents work to provide solutions and demand accountability for a safer better city.

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A wizard named Rycken was lonely on his island so he decided he needed more friends!

Using his magical powers he turned garbage into dirt to make his island bigger and added many buildings and places for his new friends to live.

He then cast a spell over the Kingdom of Gotham that made many of the people of color want to move to Rycken’s island.

A more powerful wizard named Mayor noticed what Rycken was doing to the people of Gotham and shut down the island and banished Rycken from the kingdom.

A wizard named Rycken was lonely on his island so he decided he needed more friends! He then cast a spell over the Kingdom of Gotham that made many of the people of color want to move to Rycken’s island.

Using his magical powers he turned garbage into dirt to make his island bigger and added many buildings and places for his new friends to live.

A more powerful wizard named Mayor noticed what Rycken was doing to his island and the people he entranced and demanded he break the spell and close the island!

Wizard Mayor was able to banish Rycken and turn the island into an island that harnesses the sun and powers the kingdom of Gotham

Rikers Island, built on toxic land, imprisoned a disproportionate number people of color in New York City.

Advocates and elected officials were alarmed and appalled by the conditions on the island and alerted the Mayor

The Mayor and Governor ordered the island be closed and that half of the inmates released and the other half rehoused in healthy, safe environments

The elected officials decided to turn Riker’s Island into an island that produces renewable, green energy to New York City and provided good paying jobs to the formerly incarcerated

Rikers Island, built on toxic land, imprisoned a disproportionate number of people of color in New York City.

Advocates and elected officials were alarmed and appalled by the conditions on the island and alerted the Mayor

The Mayor and Governor ordered the island be closed and that half of the inmates released and the other half rehoused in healthy, safe environments

The elected officials decided to turn Riker’s Island into an island that produces clean energy for New York City and provided good paying jobs to the formerly incarcerated

The FPL dragon breathes fire into most of the villages in Florida to keep the lights on for people who live and work there.

Although it keeps the lights on, this fire-breathing dragon creates pollution from the burning and picks the pockets of the people who live there to buy its food.

The fire-breathing dragon has become so powerful that even the dukes and duchesses are not confident that they can overrule any of its demands.

One day, a group of villagers scare the dragon away far enough to speak with the dukes and duchesses, teach them to ask the right questions, and pressure the dragon to stop gobbling up resources.

There is a greedy fire-breathing dragon named ‘FPL’ that breathes fire into most of the villages in Florida to keep the lights on for people who live and work there.

People rely on FPL to meet their basic energy needs, but this fire-breathing dragon creates pollution that makes people sick and makes them pay for it all unfairly.

The fire-breathing dragon is daunting to approach and has become so powerful that even the dukes and duchesses are not confident that they can overrule any of its large, unfair demands that hurt the people.

The villagers are powerful when they work together. One group trains to scare the dragon away far enough so they can teach the royals to ask the right questions. The truth is the most powerful tool they could have, and this pressures the dragon to stop gobbling up resources or hurting the people.

Florida Power & Light is a monopolizing investor-owned utility which keeps the power (i.e., lights, AC, electricity) running for most homes and business in Florida.

People rely on FPL to meet their basic energy needs, but the generation and transmission creates harmful pollution and imposes and unfair cost burden on ordinary ratepayers.

FPL has political and economic prowess that intimidates all people, even those with some power who recognize that the company is harming people and our planet. Public officials are not confident that they can impact any of the company’s record-breaking, unfair demands.

Ordinary people are consistently excluded from utility regulation proceedings. An energy justice coalition created pressure that forced FPL representatives to answer hard questions and admit to the impacts of their extractive practices. The regulators cannot ignore this information, and they reject FPL’s request for a rate increase.

Florida Power & Light is an investor-owned utility which keeps the power running for its guaranteed customers, including most of the homes and business in Florida.

People rely on FPL to meet their basic energy needs, but the infrastructure creates harmful pollution and programs are structured to force an unfair cost burden on residential customers.

FPL is a massive corporation with personal and financial ties to local and state government, universities, businesses, and media. This intimidates all people, even those with some power who recognize that the company is harming people and our planet. Regulators are not confident that they can push back on the company’s record-breaking, unfair demands.

Ordinary people are consistently left out of regulators’ proceedings. One energy justice coalition created pressure that forced FPL representatives to answer hard questions and admit to the impacts of their unfair requests. The regulators cannot ignore this information, and they reject FPL’s request for a rate increase.

There existed a lush and green land where children played freely and families lived amongst one another in harmony and peace

Then one day, out of the sky fell a dark, metallic object and landed right in the middle of the homes of the community. Soon this object began digging into the earth and a dark cloud formed around it

In the next following weeks, more metallic objects fell out of the sky and it was clear that they were in fact being dropped by another entity. With purpose. These objects made it so it was no longer safe for the communities to exist.

The mothers and fathers met and decided to get together and make a magical potion to protect create a protective shield around their community from future drops and one to irradicate the existing objects.

There existed a lush and green land where children played freely and families lived amongst one another in harmony and peace

Then one day, out of the sky fell a dark, metallic object and landed right in the middle of the homes of the community and began digging and transporting dark liquid towards an object floating in the sky

Soon the air became hazy and the children can no longer play outside for they became sick if they did. The community was no longer safe.

The magical mothers and fathers came together and created a powerful potion to melt the metallic object away.

In the city of Los Angeles, many black and brown communities lived amongst oil drilling operation sites.

These sites polluted the air and children could not freely play as children should because of bad air quality due to oil and gas operation in their neighborhoods.

The parents knew this was not safe and healthy. Community leaders organized along with researchers, health professionals and other activists to get these operation sites out of their community.

Through bold action and fearless work, the community leaders convinced their local decision makers to outlaw this practice

In the city of Los Angeles, many black and brown communities lived amongst oil drilling operation sites.

These sites polluted the air and children could not freely play as children should because of bad air quality due to oil and gas operation in their neighborhoods.

The parents knew this was not safe and healthy. Community leaders organized along with researchers, health professionals and other activists to get these operation sites out of their community.

Through bold action and fearless work, the community leaders convinced their local decision makers to outlaw this practice

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There was a storm coming to the community and only the powerful overload Mayor could make it go a way. But he was very stubborn and did not believe the storm was real.

All the community people wrote letters to him so that he can do the right this and make a wish to get rid of the storm. Everyday he delayed the clouds got bigger and bigger and the people grow more afraid. They did all the could to prepare but only the mayor could make a difference.

The problem with the mayor was the he never had an imagination. I was raised to only believe reason and what he could see as facts. The community make a pack to get the Mayor to believe in things he could not see in hopes of sparking his imagination and wonders.

They would showed him the power of nature and how it move without us seeing them.

The community people wanted to show the stubborn Mayor that even though we cannot see the storm's direct impact today, it does not mean it’s not coming, and we should prepare or prevent future destroy if we have the power to. There is power in prevention. The Mayor, over the years, has forgotten his role.

He has grown so stubborn that he believed that he no longer had to listen to community members, and whatever he wanted to do was more important. The community warned the Mayor, but he did not listen, and because of this, they learned that they had to be creative and think outside the box to get non-believers like the Mayor to believe.

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The people’s mayor has forgotten what it means to listen to community. He has been operating as if he rule can not be touch. The community is upset and want to show him that their voice matters and if he no longer listens he will no longer be the people Mayor.

The community will show him why change is important and who will it most impact. The community will show him that they still needs him to listen to them.

�Change without community can never be community change #peoplemayornomore #communityfirst #listentocommunity

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There was a Mayor that proclaimed that he was the “people’s Mayor”. But more and more the people felt disconnected from him about the issues that really matter to them.

They called for change and he ignored them. They called for change but he dismissed them. They called for him to use his power for good but still no impact.

Finally the community decided to show they mayor what could happen if he did not listen. He has no choice but to pay attention. Additionally they warned him that if changes does not happen soon he will -

No longer be the mayor let alone “the People’s Mayor”. �

An ice prince entered a competition with his sibling sun princess to see who had the strongest skills in lonestar land. Year after year his sister would prove to be stronger.

Every year his sister would cover lonestar land in sweltering heat. One day, the ice prince decides to use all of his energy to prove that he was just as powerful.

He covers all of lonestar land in snow, something no one had ever seen before. The ice prince had become so powerful that no one could control his power.

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An ice prince enters a competition with his sibling sun princess to see who has the strongest powers in lonestar land. Every year during this competition the town royalty moves away to avoid the impact.

Every summer sun princess covers lonestar land in a heat that seems to get worse as years go on leaving the towns people sick of their antics.

Ice prince in an attempt to outdo his sister covers lone star land in so much ice that the towns people decide they have had enough. They demand the siblings stop or that the town royalty does something.

The towns people devise a plan to prevent the royalty from leaving and make them face the competition. The towns people demand resources and shelter to endure this childish competition until they can get it to stop.

Extreme weather events are growing more intense in Texas and those with resources are able to evade some of the worst impacts.

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Communities in Texas with fewer resources are forced to face summers that are getting hotter, flooding that’s more extreme, and snow storms.

These communities are tired of being ignored and left to die, they know they deserve better. They demand their governments step in and create resilience hubs.

The state announces millions of dollars in funding will go towards the creation of shelters as a first step in protecting these communities.

If you thought the state of Texas was hot before, they are only getting hotter. Each year coming back with more flooding and new tricks up their sleeve, like snow.

The wealthiest in the state have managed to keep their heads above water, but it’s only a matter of time. Low income and BIPOC communities have felt the heat and are sick of it.

BIPOC and communities in low income areas are demanding better for themselves. They want protection from the elements and they want the resources needed to survive and thrive.

After months of organizing and demands made, the wealthy and powerful decide to create shelters and reallocate resources. We love to see it.

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Where are the things made related to the issues we want to work on?

Where are people, places, things destroyed?

Where are things purchased in relation to supporting or not supporting your issue?

Where are decisions made about issues we want to work on?

What are the current pop culture trends?

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What are some regular/ongoing celebrations in your area?

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Is there a place or space where you could make an invisible part of your work, visible?

What was the last campaign action, protest, demonstration that you attended?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the “action logic”? How did that event explain the issue and reframe the narrative?

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What was the last campaign action, protest, demonstration that you attended?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the “action logic”? How did that event explain the issue and reframe the narrative?

Suing the city for violating protest rights

PoP: Rezoning/LIC where everything starts

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PoD: Community, where violation is taking place; city not uplifting rights

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PoDec: Supreme Court

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PoA: Gathered to celebrate prev. Wins; comm. residents

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Action of suing the city to protect residents rights to protest.

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PoC: 1500 signatures to protest zoning

May Day

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Make awareness of community strengths. Calling out to labor violations.

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What was the last campaign action, protest, demonstration that you attended?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the “action logic”? How did that event explain the issue and reframe the narrative?

Protest outside commissioner court (grassroots organized it)

Commissioners court (point of decision)

Graphics of where the money goes - how the communities are left out of the money, talked about impact of every storm, people with disabilities came to show how difficult it is in the storms - making the invisible visible - successful with the action logic

Climate action plan not transparent/no equity - made public - interrupted city council meeting - Office of Sustainability was not going anywhere

Mayor - city council (point of decision) -

Able to disrupt and get the mayor to come to the community meeting - 1st step

Earth Day -

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Climate ambassador residents wearing orange shirts - Mayor is nervous to see them come

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What was the last campaign action, protest, demonstration that you attended?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the “action logic”? How did that event explain the issue and reframe the narrative?

Campaign action

Point of production

Illustrated what is possible (positive) and somewhat made a “villain” into a “hero”

Board Of Commissioners hearing

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We organized residents to provide public comment in order to sway the board to make the right decision. It was successful.

Press conference on banning flame retardants

Point of assumption

This was done in front of a fire station with FDNY supporting the legislation/bill. Reframing the narrative that FDNY would be against this

Canvassing

Point of assumption

We delivered flyers to voters explaining why they should vote NO on the CA recall.

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What was the last campaign action, protest, demonstration that you attended?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the “action logic”? How did that event explain the issue and reframe the narrative?

BLM- High school students from a predominantly white school district

Point of Assumption

People making BLM trendy. Students had the intent of showing that the group wanted to make change and establish that students have voices and power in the same way as adults.

BLM- Taking a knee during university football national anthem

Point of Assumption

Black students made up about 4% of the student population at SMU and BIPOC students are constantly used in promotional materials while the university refused to acknowledge any harm or pain so students took a knee next to the field during a major game and took control of their visibility.

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What was the last campaign action, protest, demonstration that you attended?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the “action logic”? How did that event explain the issue and reframe the narrative?

CARB Workshop on CCS

Consumption

Interrupt their narrative of CCS - community leaders and scientists spoke about the issue

Jazz & Roots

Assumption

Audience of thousands, amplified community voice and activated community residents

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Re-framed the narrative by making it user friendly and accessible to community residents

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Audience: Who are you trying to reach and persuade?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the idea for the action/intervention?

Example: Black adults ages 18-40 (primary)

Movie theatres showing Black Panther (point of consumption)

Wakanda the Vote: Black Voter Power inspired by the movie of Black Leadership.

Seniors in NE Houston

5th ward National night out-point of consumption

To learn about Energy solutions. Emotional response: awareness of solar options/resilience opportunities-get them hook and invite them to our monthly meetings

Center point, LIHRP-home repair and weatherization program managers

NE community meeting-Point of production

Solutions: Local impacts of weatherization/or the lack off and health impact stories. Empathy and build the case of the need of more inclusive criteria.

Healthcare providers-primary care physicians

Providers education: Point of production

Recruit them as advocates on pollution impacts due to dirty energy. Emotional response is for them to discover their advocacy power at the legislation table.

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Audience: Who are you trying to reach and persuade?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the idea for the action/intervention?

Example: Black adults ages 18-40 (primary)

Movie theatres showing Black Panther (point of consumption)

Wakanda the Vote: Black Voter Power inspired by the movie of Black Leadership.

Dove Springs Advisory Board

Southeast Branch Library (point of decision)

-Set up 1:1’s and ensure they are scheduled during the meeting

-Show up at the decision makers office to have discussions

-Support existing and future projects

Dove Springs Proud

Facebook Group (point of decision)

-Attend meetings for youth mentorship in order to maintain relationships

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River City Youth Foundation

Building where they have meetings (Point of Decision)

-Waiting inside office when initially denied meeting

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Audience: Who are you trying to reach and persuade?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the idea for the action/intervention?

Example: Black adults ages 18-40 (primary)

Movie theatres showing Black Panther (point of consumption)

Wakanda the Vote: Black Voter Power inspired by the movie of Black Leadership.

Parents living in frontline communities

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Older people living in frontline communities

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young adults living in frontline communities

• Parent night, community center activities

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• Senior homes, YMCA/community centers

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• Targeted social media, ad on spotify

Invite them to join and participate in the LEAP LA / CMO assembly

CARB decision makers on the 2022 Scoping plan

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Community education around CCS

CARB hosted workshop

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Webinars and briefings

Attend trainings, webinars and give comment during CARB workshops

Labor/workers

#’s/Stats on job transition alternatives

Attend workshops, infographics, walking tours

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Audience: Who are you trying to reach and persuade?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the idea for the action/intervention?

Example: Black adults ages 18-40 (primary)

Movie theatres showing Black Panther (point of consumption)

Wakanda the Vote: Black Voter Power inspired by the movie of Black Leadership.

Dem & independent voters in south bay san diego (Angelica)

Point of assumption

Social media ad campaign to change perception San Diegans’ have of public transportation

Community leaders (i.e Hazlewood, The Hill district and Homewood) - Ramona

Point of assumption (intervening in communities by combating the notion that communities do not know what they want/need)

Our program is an experiential learning series on navigating systems of influence, the built environment, social determinants of

health and public policy. We work with community leaders to analyze needs assessments and identify capacity building opportunities

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Community leaders (i.e Hazlewood, The Hill district and Homewood) - Ramona

Point of decision (intervening in communities by taking actionable steps toward resource sharing/info sharing)

Developing a multi-tiered policy agenda that operates on both a neighborhood and city/regional level.

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Dem & independent voters in south bay san diego (Angelica)

Point of consumption

Tabling & signage at major events in San Diego, where parking is inconvenient and traffic is bad to talk to people about an affordable/ environmentally friendly alternative (public transit)

Dem & independent voters in south bay san diego (Angelica)

Point of consumption

Canvass gasoline stations (prices are super high) to educate drivers about how public transit can save them money.

Audience: Who are you trying to reach and persuade?

Where are you intervening? ID the POI

What’s the idea for the action/intervention?

Example: Black adults ages 18-40 (primary)

Movie theatres showing Black Panther (point of consumption)

Wakanda the Vote: Black Voter Power inspired by the movie of Black Leadership.

Unengaged district/community board leaders

Point of assumption

Community board meetings: Less is more: people are subject to inhumane conditions that deteriorate their health for minor infractions

Formerly incarcerated people

Point of production

Courthouse/community based prison: call on Judge/Elected Official/Mayor/allies to stand outside in the cold in a prison uniform for 20 minutes. Eating a moldy dinner. etc...

Criminal justice advocates

Point of destruction

Community with highest incarceration rate: highlight inequities of disinvestment, health disparities and how that leads to a prison pipeline

Families of currently incarcerated people

Point of assumption

Health issue awareness week: Asthma, mental health, cancer, extreme heat/extreme cold, Tihi - #InmatesHaveAsthmaToo

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ASSUMPTION TO CHALLENGE:

Change is unrealistic & inconvenient, what we have now is good enough.

ASSUMPTION TO UPLIFT:

We have the know-how and can change the system to work for people and planet

AUDIENCE:

• Voting population who ride the bus

POINT OF INTERVENTION:

CONSUMPTION: Parking lots, MGM, city lots, where bus tickets are sold, businesses, on the bus/bus stops

ASSUMPTION: Cultural reference

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE:

Empathy AND imaginative possibility

ASSUMPTION TO CHALLENGE:

AUDIENCE:

POINT OF INTERVENTION:

You CanNOT choose Point of Decision!

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE:

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ASSUMPTION TO CHALLENGE: City offered many programs to help residents with their homes.

AUDIENCE: Senior citizens, Center point and complete communities managers.

POINT OF INTERVENTION:

You CanNOT choose Point of Decision!

Point of production-create a holistic program and create jobs.

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE: Anger? urgency

We all deserve to live in healthy homes

ASSUMPTION TO CHALLENGE:

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Everyone has the ability to access resources and find shelter in the event of a weather related emergency

AUDIENCE:

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City of Austin Emergency Team (Target)

Watershed Protection Department (Target)

Austin Public Health (Target)

Community Organizations

Dove Springs Advisory Board

River City Youth Foundation

The Door Christian Fellowship

ADRN

Community Block Captains

POINT OF INTERVENTION:

You CanNOT choose Point of Decision!

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Point of Consumption

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE:

Feeling of Safety, Comfort, Wellbeing, and Protection.

I liked….

I wish that….

I liked the group activities, it gave me ideas to work on.

I liked the experiences shared.

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I liked the case study section, really helps retain and better understand what we are talking about.

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I like the refresher on the point of intervention- It made me rethink how I could apply this to my policies.

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The activity on points of intervention and being reminded that change can take place at different point

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Element of Story

Status Quo/Dominant story

Conflict

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• Pandemic vs climate change
• Double Pandemic vs “Pandemic”
• Climate change storms vs after effects (generator use, transportation, etc.)
• Decision makers vs those considered “vulnerable”
• Gov vs pandemic

Characters

• Government
• “Vulnerable communities”
• Medical journals/scientists/public health officials (the legit vs the “vulnerable” or CBOs)
• county/gov workers (“who have to deal with the repercussions and find solutions”)
• World leaders
• Wealthy nations
• Missing/unnamed: CBOs, polluters, community leaders, people in the communities (residents), people suffering from the pandemic and/or hurricane, who are the “vulnerable” communities, who are the world leaders?
• Carbon emissions (villain)

Imagery

• Wildfires
• Hospitals
• People dying from carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes
• Generator - people have been without power for about two weeks now
• "Obituary of Earth"
• The Pandemic is Awful

Foreshadowing

• Death = obituary
• Impact of public health
• Climate talks as solution/next step

Underlying Assumptions

Highlight your top two assumptions!

• Scientists are the only legit messengers re pandemic and climate change, they are factual and the truth in this, they have way more knowledge than other people, these scientists are more knowledgeable to climate scientists
• Climate change is not intersectional, these issues are separate
• It is an individual problem - not being able to use a generator
• This is important now (but not before really)
• Suffering is normal
• We can’t do anything at all (obituary), but we also have everything under control

I liked….

I wish that….

I liked the workshop activity. And listening to stories.

I wished I could of been more up to date with the movies. :) maybe sharing a little background of past activities or workshops.

Enjoyed the support for creativity in the discussions today. It was also a good challenge to connect the triangles to my ongoing work! Also, hugely appreciated the check-in and sharing lessons from the fourth box activity; looking forward to sharing that with my folks when we can.

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I thought this was a really engaging lesson. I enjoyed it the whole way through!

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I really liked the retelling of the Scar story (I’ve always been curious about his backstory!) and appreciated the exercise of reframing a story

I wish there was a quick refresher of each of the stories because it had been a long time since I’d seen them and we spent a lot of the time trying to remember the story itself

I liked the analysing of the movies & having the opportunity to think about the underlying assumptions. Working on the triangle w/ my group was helpful in thinking about bigger picture of our campaign goals

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I liked the process of reimagining alternative stories. It is important to recognize that a difference in stories does not always take away from the central theme of a story.

Maybe 1 more, 5 minute break, although I did appreciate the lunch break.

I like how you pushed us to imagine what is possible with moving people to different roles. It is challenging though, but it change the story. It make you empathize with characters that you are made to hate or love since the beginning.

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The content was amazing and felt like I learned a lot and walked away with some additional skills.

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How easy it is to participate using working slides

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Name(s)

Fence?

4th Box Ideas / Ah-ha’s?

(example)�Media Justice

Digital Paywalls (news and media) from

Corporate Tech Platforms

Folx freely and creatively playing, organizing, and contributing to a Digital Commons

urgency vs denial

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Name(s)

Fence?

4th Box Ideas / Ah-ha’s?

(example)�Media Justice

Digital Paywalls (news and media) from

Corporate Tech Platforms

Folx freely and creatively playing, organizing, and contributing to a Digital Commons

Colonized Language

“Fighting” climate change, “code red” urgency, correct vs false solutions

“Addressing” climate change, adapting in a way that creates opportunities for movement, visioning, possibilities, etc

Emergency Response

Need to evacuate/relocate or be financially secure pre-hurricane; individual actions (people can relocate easily)

Anti-displacement, education about cultural and geographic identity; choice; enough time to find the best home; collective support; decision-making power to the communities who are most impacted; climate change/justice is part of culture, dignity and identity

Meaning of Home

People and their homes always have a monetary cost; “you can buy a way out of these things”; economic “security” is more important than connection to home and a house

Homes are more than a house; relational vs transactional solutions/possibilities

Sea Level Rise

Massive wall to stop the ocean from coming over our communities; simple “solutions/promises” for complex challenges

Who caused these issues in the first place? Are they being responsible to their actions? What could accountability look like?

People’s rights

People with more money and time are more deserving than other communities

We all deserve to assert our rights to housing, clean water, climate justice, etc despite where we live and love

Name(s)

Fence?

4th Box Ideas / Ah-ha’s?

(example)�Media Justice

Digital Paywalls (news and media) from

Corporate Tech Platforms

Folx freely and creatively playing, organizing, and contributing to a Digital Commons

City level

Climate justice in LA

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One silo’ed thing not connected together - bureaucracy for assistance

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Inaccess of govt - community members cannot engage with govt

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Big greens etc on policy not aligning with justice frame - Energy and Justice large, not climate - air water quality is first not climate - the slicing of it ends up in false solutions - throwing money at covid relief - not systemic issues

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Do the easiest thing, putting out little fires

Intersectional narratives - coalition stories of intersections

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CEMO Is a step toward liberation - Community / frontline members to have power over policy

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Engaged in community differently

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Community develops the policies - have access and power to do it - community oversight

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Digital divide

Tech issues inaccessible - inequitable process

Digital Divide

Utilities are a human right - necessities! Should not have to pay for it - frontline members access

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Freedom from debt/rent

Resources for communities

White supremacy culture

Pitting communities of color against each other, anti-blackness, white supremacy

Time!

Unity - liberation for all

conversations

Hollywood

Individualism, capitalism in entertainment industry “Hollywood”

Entertainment industry: Voices of community and resilience - BIPOC, low-income - struggles, passion

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I liked….

I wish that….

The mid-point break for some time outside :)

I practiced thinking through the fourth box with more than one or two examples

Enjoyed the small group break outs

This is out of your control - but the end of day on a Friday can be a bit of challenge for creative thought or high energy activities sometimes (is it obvious I’m an East Coast person :))

The facilitators did a great job connecting the fourth box overview to more specific climate justice uses

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Being in a breakout with folks in my region

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Being in breakout rooms with different people each time

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The icebreaker + everyone’s energy!

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I enjoyed the breakout groups

The shared experience

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The facilitator pushed us to go deeper in our exploration of what are the barriers (fences) that exist - this will be helpful in doing that with our team. Great exercise for sure.

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I liked the length of time for our breakout activity - too often in workshops there simply is not sufficient time to complete the activity - that wasn’t the case here.

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The half hour break was very thoughtful

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