Circles Session 3

Advocate

Strategy, participation, public good
Plying tools of legislation and litigation
How we hold the powerful to account
And (re)write the rules with all people in mind

🌱 Opening

Read “To Be of Use” by Marge Piercy (p. 60).

💫 Check-in

Prompt: Share your name + a body posture or movement that expresses your mood. Then pass to someone else. (Circle leader should go first and model this. Invite everyone to “echo” each body posture or movement.)

☀️ Discussion

Move through 3 generous questions, ensuring everyone has a chance to share:

1. How do you want to be of use in the climate movement/for a life-giving future?

2. What insights in this section challenge your thinking about what we need to or can do?

3. What do you see that’s working to foster more, deeper democracy?

📓 Journal Prompt

Offer the following journal prompt, for those who may want to reflect and write between this session and the next one:

How does climate impact your civic / political participation?

🌙 Closing

Read 1 poem or quote from this section to close.

🔧 Workplace Exploration

First, revisit the prompt from the last session.

Was anyone able to take up the workplace exploration prompt from our last session, around bringing climate concerns to work? What did you learn?

Then, offer this next prompt for exploration between this session and the next one.

Examine your organization’s role in advocacy. Does your organization engage in lobbying for or against climate policy? If your organization makes political contributions (you can Google this!), do they support climate champions? If your workplace is part of trade associations, what are their stances on climate policy?