1-4-24 Workshop: Giving Powerful Public COmment

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in our Giving Powerful Public Comment training. 

Resources: (also embedded below)

• Community agreements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NREQtWAyIiSEOMjwME8kGEafRePULL1WmVeiu9i3NpQ/edit?usp=sharing 

• 1-pager handout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zHSH7oI6IbZkG1HdcDeC-3768K5blFsQIu9oDPyJ044/edit?usp=sharing

• Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D2F1eXH9HqWGSJGF29cT2RCsU7S7jLhqObC-oO-QxO8/edit?usp=sharing

• View previous recording segment of Local Politics 101 for a summary of what public comment is and the logistical process for commenting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7mebJl8gYc&t=2157s

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Please help us improve these resources by providing feedback at: https://forms.gle/FFsSg4NVzZkAS6Dv5 

Previous resources:

• Previous recording: https://youtu.be/U1kS22XekCs

  • • Content warning - A period of the video features an example of a public comment on the topic of police violence, from the duration of: [9:30 to 11:20], followed by discussion until [15:12]

    • Alternative public comment examples:

      1. • Sunrise Movement San Diego member comment on the topic of housing: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0zXgJ-pSc7/ 

         • Sunrise Movement Sacramento member comment in defense of Dr. Flojaune Cofer's campaign for Sacramento Mayor: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyzMWsmPsaQ/ 

         • People's Budget Bakersfield member comment on the topics of abolition, criminalizing our unhoused neighbors, and the intersection of climate injustice in budgeting: https://x.com/riddhipatel1025/status/1362808891948470275 

• Presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pJ5aT8OexMcjdh5OOS2C43urdZ_676Yf4hHpVr5Q_88/edit?usp=sharing

• See also: Local Politics 101 training & resources

  • • Find more resources linked at the top of, and throughout the Local Politics 101 supplemental guide!

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