In today’s newsletter:

• April Chapter Meeting: Bridging Divides

• Call to Action: Join us on Reality Hub

• Climate Reality Leadership Trainings!
  Nashville, TN May 1-2
  San Francisco, CA May 9

• Take Action: Balcony solar and more

April Chapter Meeting: Bridging Divides

Join us at 7 pm Tuesday April 21 on zoom! Register now. 

Our guest speaker Bill Howe— founder of the SAGE Citizen Project and accomplished family lawyer— will give a 20 minute presentation about the cause and degree of the current state of political polarization and how it creates policy gridlock, undermines democratic institutions, and sabotages personal relationships, followed by outlining the social science research that suggests what individuals and organizations can do to work across differences so communities can move forward in a productive way and solve problems.

Following the presentation, we’ll discuss how what we learned in Bridging Divides can facilitate more fruitful climate and climate justice communication. The Yale Climate Change Opinion Survey results show that a large majority of people in Oregon and across the country are worried about global warming and want solutions: how do we communicate across race/class/political differences to move forward our shared goals?

We’ll also have time at the end for Chapter updates and questions, and Reality Hub troubleshooting. See you there!

More on Bill Howe and the presentation on the meeting registration page.

Welcome New Members!

If you are one of the wonderful people who joined our chapter recently, thank you! We look forward to meeting you at the 4/21 meeting or another venue. In the meantime please reach out to Helena at [email protected] with any questions.

Join us on Reality Hub

We’ve loved communicating with you via this newsletter so regularly! Now though our leadership team is being stretched thin for family and other reasons and we’re going to be winding down some of our regular activities and keeping the Chapter afloat at a slower pace.

This is our last newsletter. Please join us on Reality Hub! 
It’s a great platform to incubate connections and new projects, and where small group discussions and direct messaging can happen!

Reality Hub will be where we post our events and communicate with each other. We hope you’ll join us there so we can continue to collaborate!

Sign up on this Reality Hub link using the email with which you joined The Climate Reality Project. Click on 📍Portland Oregon Chapter in the sidebar to connect with us!

You may have to fill out this form first if you haven’t previously done that.

The CRP Leadership Trainings!

For 20 years, Climate Reality and former Vice President Al Gore have been training leaders from all walks of life to stand up and make a difference on climate.
Now it’s your turn.

May 1&2, in Nashville, Tennessee

Become part of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training with Vice President Al Gore and world-class experts over two immersive days. Get a deeper understanding of the climate crisis and the solutions here today.

Read more and register here:
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/training/nashville

May 9, San Francisco, CA

You can become a fully trained Climate Reality Leader by combining this shorter training in San Francisco with a few hours of online study! Read more and register here: https://luma.com/13n8nff5

**Stay tuned for more leadership trainings TBA in Seattle and possibly Oregon!

Take Action: Balcony Solar and more

Climate Changemakers Hour of Action meets Mondays at 5 pm online. Gather with a group to take action together on a Climate Reality nation-wide priority— this month’s focus is Balcony Solar!
Want to take action but need to do it on your own schedule? Check out the Balcony Solar Action Pack with all that you need to know to take constructive actions in as little as 5 - 15 minute.

20 for 20 Challenge! To mark Climate Reality’s 20th anniversary, we are mobilizing our global network to take action! This challenge provides you with targeted actions that you can take throughout the year, starting with a list of 20 opportunities. The actions revolve around four central themes: Telling the Truth, Advancing Solutions, Building Leadership, and Mobilizing with Action. The goal? Take 20 different actions by the end of the year! Action items can be found in the 20 for 20: Actions Challenge space on Reality Hub, Climate Reality’s online community. Learn more here.

As usual, please contact Lynn Merrick at [email protected] if you’d like to volunteer at school climate fairs with the Climate Education Committee.

And you can join us at 7 pm this Wednesday April 8 for our Climate Legislation committee meeting. Questions? email [email protected]

THANK YOU!