Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Training: Building Relationships With County Commissioners As Trusted Messengers

May 1, 2026·35 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This training walks you through the process of securing and delivering policy support from county commissioners on both sides of the aisle and provides specific examples of CCL volunteer success stories with community leaders in Montana. We’ll also talk about identifying and connecting with trusted messengers and why it’s effective and efficient to start with the ones in your direct network. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (3:18) What Is A Trusted Messenger? (4:25) Why County Commissioners? (12:48) How To Build A Strategy To Get Letters (20:00 ) Case Study: Montana (29:27) Taking Action Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/county-commissioner-slides    CCL Training Event: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/24/20756  Trusted Messenger Letter Templates: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/201  Log Your Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/log_training?sf_id=a5y8X0000005xY2QAI

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