Introduction
How do we build the kind of movements that generate the collective action necessary to shift existing power dynamics?
Watch this webinar recording with Carina Barnett-Loro and Jack Zhou from the Climate Advocacy Lab to learn the basics of social movement theory and how those insights can be applied to building durable political power.
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Presenters
- Carina Barnett-Loro – I facilitate workshops and training for the Climate Advocacy Lab community — everything from Facebook best practices to communicating with conservatives to designing campaigns that build political power. Prior to joining the Lab team, I spent six years as an organizer on state-level climate and energy campaigns.
- Jack Zhou – I produce and manage the Climate Advocacy Lab’s social science resources for our webinars, workshops, and other outreach engagements. My research interests include motivated reasoning, framing effects, and political polarization. In other words, how people think about climate change, how they process information on the issue, and what gets in the way. Prior to joining the Lab, I worked as a postdoctoral associate in energy policy and survey methods. I received my B.S. from UC Berkeley and my Ph.D. from Duke University.
- Randall Smith – I am the founder of PowerLabs where I help people design and build people-powered campaigns using insights from social science. I specialize in training, coaching and strategic planning support to build the capacity of organizations, leaders and networks. Clients I’ve worked with include Courage Campaign, Forward Together, Free Press, IfNotNow, and Movimiento Cosecha. I’ve also run capacity building programs to help the grantees of the Four Freedoms Fund, Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation use digital to increase the depth and breadth of their organizing.