Beyond Plastics Trainings February 2023 – Session 2 – The ABCs of Activism

We can achieve a world without plastic pollution but we need to build a bigger, more powerful grassroots movement to do it.

How can you help? That’s easy! Just register for the upcoming Beyond Plastics Trainings for Local Groups and Affiliates to learn practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.

This online training is divided into two sessions that are each two hours long. You must complete both sessions, but you can attend them in any order you wish, and they are each offered twice to ensure you can find a time that works with your schedule.

We will cover the following: 

• Plastics 101 – Your background and guide to the plastics crisis, how it evolved, and what changes are necessary to solve it (spoiler alert: those changes are regulatory!);

• Ready, set, action! – How ordinary people can make legislative change. Figure out who your elected representatives are, what powers they hold, and how to meet with them;

• Essential media skills, such as how to hold a press conference, draft a strong news release, and write a letter to the editor that will get published;

• Grassroots organizing skills, including organizing constituent meetings and call-in days;

• Community education, such as how to host a virtual panel event; and

• Many more skills and strategies you can use to make any campaign more effective. 

Are you in?

Please choose the two dates below that work best for you and click below now to register via Zoom, then add the log-in information Zoom provides to your calendar.

Atencion hispanohablantes

Si necesita una traducción al español, envíe un correo electrónico a Megan a meganwolff2@bennington.edu.

We can achieve a world without plastic pollution but we need to build a bigger, more powerful grassroots movement to do it.

How can you help? That’s easy! Just register for the upcoming Beyond Plastics Trainings for Local Groups and Affiliates to learn practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.

This online training is divided into two sessions that are each two hours long. You must complete both sessions, but you can attend them in any order you wish, and they are each offered twice to ensure you can find a time that works with your schedule.

We will cover the following: 

• Plastics 101 – Your background and guide to the plastics crisis, how it evolved, and what changes are necessary to solve it (spoiler alert: those changes are regulatory!);

• Ready, set, action! – How ordinary people can make legislative change. Figure out who your elected representatives are, what powers they hold, and how to meet with them;

• Essential media skills, such as how to hold a press conference, draft a strong news release, and write a letter to the editor that will get published;

• Grassroots organizing skills, including organizing constituent meetings and call-in days;

• Community education, such as how to host a virtual panel event; and

• Many more skills and strategies you can use to make any campaign more effective. 

Are you in?

Please choose the two dates below that work best for you and click below now to register via Zoom, then add the log-in information Zoom provides to your calendar.

Atencion hispanohablantes

Si necesita una traducción al español, envíe un correo electrónico a Megan a meganwolff2@bennington.edu.