If you're interested in this series, we invite you to also register for the FREE Intro session to Deep Canvassing for Climate Solutions on May 31.
Please note, all participants will receive a confirmation email from TicketTailor with a link to join the meetings on Zoom. All registrants will be provided with a link to the recording and the presentation slides following each session.
To build trust and vulnerability with people who are different from you, you need to be able to share vulnerably about why you hold your beliefs and find your lived experience with climate impacts. This can be challenging for many people who are not on the frontlines of extreme weather events and feel a sense of duty, but are not sure why. In this workshop, you will learn to dig deep to discover your motivates, feelings, lived experience, and dissonance with climate change.
At the end of the workshop, participants will:
Compassionate curiosity lets you dig deep to get to the root of why people hold their beliefs without judgment. This is a key skill to meeting someone with different beliefs where they are at and transforming the conversation from attack and defense to listen and empathize. People can go down rabbit holes that don’t move the conversation forward, learning to be gently assertive allows you to get the conversation back on track to find common ground and focus on core values.
At the end of the workshop, participants will:
Most organizations have some form of external communications strategy. If you are looking to reach beyond your existing environmental supporters, you will have to communicate differently to be heard by on the fence, busy or unsure audiences. This workshop will give you some key messages, talking points learned from Neighbours United’s work, and help you practice integrating them into your communications.
At the end of the workshop, participants will:
Now that you have learned the core deep canvassing skills, it’s time to put them all together. Join the Neighbours United team for a deep canvassing training on an active campaign, then make deep canvassing calls right away to practice the skills you have developed. This supportive environment offers calling options for people of all abilities and comfort levels.
At the end of the training and practice, participants will:
Montana Burgess
Executive Director, Neighbours United
Montana lives on the traditional and unceded territory of the Sinixt Peoples, also known as the South Slocan Valley. After working in the climate, energy, and environmental non-profit sector in BC, Ottawa, and internationally for over 15 years, Montana thinks deep canvassing and community organizing are desperately needed to overcome partisan politics and work together through our common struggles. Montana is a queer settler woman, who was born on Blackfoot traditional territory and grew up on the lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc.
Natasha Edmunds
Organizing Director, Neighbours United
Growing up as a settler on the shores of a pristine lake in rural Quebec, from a young age Natasha developed a deep connection with protecting land and its people. Today, with over five years of community organizing experience, Natasha is moved by and determined to support people in finding common ground across lines of difference to transform conflict, build meaningful relationships, and solve some of our deepest environmental and social justice issues.
Alyssa Taburiaux
Outreach Coordinator, Neighbours United
Alyssa grew up in a rural community in the Kootenays on the unceded territory of the Sinixt Peoples; swimming in crystal clear lakes and hiking in wild mountains, she developed a strong desire to ensure everyone would get the same opportunity to enjoy these places. Since she was a teenager, she has been involved in environmental and social organizing.
Fable Smith
Data and Engagement Coordinator, Neighbours United
Fable lives on the traditional and unceded territory of the Sinixt Peoples, also known as Trail, BC. They were born on Treaty 2 territory on the traditional shared land of the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples. Doing community organizing for environmental and social issues over the last two years has given them hope for a better future for people and the planet in a time where they felt it was much needed.
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