1000 Friends of Florida is offering a FREE CITIZEN WEBINAR: Thoughtful Citizens Organizing for Positive Community Change, being offered October 14, 2015, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Go to the 1000 Friends of Florida webinar information page: http://www.1000friendsofflorida.org/communications/webinars/
The following information is from the 1000 Friends of Florida website:
THE TAKEWAYS:
Using case studies, speakers will share how thoughtful citizens in Florida can organize for positive community change:
- Effective strategies to mobilize citizens
- Build coalitions
- Work the media
- Persuade elected officials
- Raise funds
- And more.
PRESENTERS:
Pamela Hall is one of the leaders of the citizen-based Keep It Rural coalition. Originally coalescing in 2014 to oppose an inappropriately placed gas station and convenience store in rural Leon County, the group went on to convince the County Commission to take a holistic review and update of land use policies to better protect rural areas from inappropriate development.
Laura Reynolds, Executive Director of Tropical Audubon, is an active leader in the decade-old Hold the Line Coalition in Miami-Dade County. Representing close to 140 organizations, businesses, homeowner groups and municipalities, the coalition works to protect rural and natural areas outside of the county’s Urban Development Boundary and support smart growth within the urban core area.
Cris Costello is a Regional Organizer for the Florida Chapter of Sierra Club, focusing on grassroots mobilization on environmental and smart growth issues. Working with teams of volunteers who organize their own teams of volunteers, she supports citizen-based efforts to promote Everglades restoration, improve water quality, protect panther habitat, support green transportation and more.
*As this webinar is geared to citizens, no professional certification credits will be offered but all are welcome to attend.