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Regional Organizing

7/2 Coalition Call

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Agenda

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  1. What do we mean by regional organizing?
  2. Why is regional organizing important?
  3. Identifying regional allies

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What is Regional Organizing?

Regional organizing is forming activist networks with allied campaigns on campus, at neighboring schools, or in the wider community

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Importance

  • More capacity for resource sharing, especially because of similar local context
  • The value of in-person connections
  • Showing up in person for actions/events
  • More organizational strength when more groups come together
  • A win for one campaign can strengthen a wider area

Harvard and MIT students at a protest together

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Who are your allies?

  • Find friends / other organizers in the area in slack groups, group chats, social media, etc
  • Find student groups on campus websites or named in news articles
  • Don’t limit yourself to only student climate groups - reach out to non-climate student groups and general community groups!

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Example: Organizing in Canada

Erin Mackey

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3 min: silent brainstorm

Come up with three universities/student groups you could reach out to in your area

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Reach out to regional allies!

  • Schedule a 1:1 with them! (Take advantage of FFR resources!)
  • Invite them to the next FFR coalition call - July 30, 2:30pm ET
  • Invite them to fill out our ActionNetwork survey
  • If they’re interested, let us (Alicia, Jake, Phoebe) know to expect new members!

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Announcement

Fossil Free Research is rebranding!

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Name Change

  • Our thinking on changing our name
  • Time for group suggestion

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Opportunities and Updates

  • Fossil Free Research Task Force
  • September mobilization in New York (Magnolia)