What is CCL
Citizens' Climate Lobby is a nonpartisan grassroots organization focused on building political will for effective climate solutions particularly through national policies like a carbon fee and dividend. However, CCL also works at the local and state levels. Citizens' Climate Lobby empowers citizens to engage in bipartisan advocacy by training volunteers to meet with legislators, write opinion pieces, and organize community events that promote climate action​​
Our Team's Role
As a part of the broader Citizens' Climate Lobby youth network, we work to mobilize students to be leaders of climate policy in three key ways: Education, Guidance, and Collaboration. We are here specifically for students in the seven mountain west states — Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Some examples of what we do include working with students to start their own CCL groups, educational forums, & scholarship funding
Learn More About
Citizens' Climate Lobby
Concerned about Climate?
You're in the right place. As a non-partisan organization, we welcome everyone who wants to act on pollution and climate solutions
Learn about Carbon Pricing
CCL focuses on many areas such as healthy forests, energy permitting, and electrification. However, our main policy goal is a carbon fee & dividend
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Our Tools
The different activities our MW team leverages to bring students into the political process & make productive change
1. Lobbying Congress: CCL has built friendly relationships with many conservative as well as liberal representatives & we strive to give students the opportunity to lobby them
2. Media: As we more and more information is shared online, we utilize media to engage with others & influence leaders. We use social media, news articles, and press releases
3. Grassroots Outreach: We educate students both in and out of CCL in order to empower more people and increase our voice in different communities. We do this through public forums, community events, and extending our opportunities to all environmentally-engaged students
*Based on CCL's levers of political will*
Our Core Values
Optimism
Being Nonpartisan
Relationships
Personal Power
Focus
Diversity
Integrity
*Based on CCL's Core Values*
MW Leadership Team
Riley Sherman
Riley is the team's founder and president. He is currently a senior at Galena High School. He is passionate about public policy
Lisa Wang
Lisa is a co-lead and is currently a junior at the Davidson Academy. She is interested in going into engineering
Gracie Caldwell
Gracie is a co-lead and a sophomore at Montana State University. She is currently studying environmental science
Arianne Terrones
Arianne is a co-lead and is currently a freshman is a freshman at Arizona State University in Downtown Phoenix. She is studying criminal justice & criminology
Jia Mahesh
Jia is a co-lead and currently a senior at Coral Academy. She is hoping to pursue environmental law
Joanne Leovy
Joanne is the team's advisor & is CCL's co-coordinator for the state of Nevada. She is currents a doctor & founder of Nevada Clinicians for Climate Action
What is
CCL's National Youth Action Team
and how is it similar & different?
Similarities
1. Network: The Youth Action Team is a broader network for all of CCL which our team falls under
2. Goals: We both work to support & educate youth locally/state-wide​
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We both put on trainings, do outreach, & media communication
Differences
1. Focus: Due to our focus on only seven states, we are able to tailor our efforts to the needs of the Mountain West
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We provide funding for MW students that is unavailable nationally
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Our trainings are related to the issues in our states
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We are able to provide closer team collaboration
2. Age Range: Due to our smaller size, we support all youth and students in the MW
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Nationally, there is a group for students under 18 and a higher education group for students 18 and older