National Teach-In : Faith Organization


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Thank YOU for being part of the National Teach-In on Global Warming Solutions. You are joining with tens of thousands of students, teachers, citizens, and people of faith across the country, creating a partnership reaching across generations. Together, we can achieve real solutions in the first 100 days of the new administration, solutions that will change the future. Faith organizations across the country are leading the way, by reminding us all of our responsibility as stewards of Creation and by taking action.

This page should have everything that you need to put on a successful Teach-In at your house of worship.

Involve your faith community in the dialogue by hosting a screening of the faith version of The First 100 Days anytime between January 30 and Earth Day, April 20. Follow up with discussion materials provided by Interfaith Power & Light.

Then use the last half an hour of your teach-in to discuss 100 Days of Action. Make a plan to visit your member of congress when they are home for the President’s Day recess, sponsor a young person to go to Powershift, or discuss ways to shrink your congregation’s carbon footprint.

Rev. Sally G. Bingham Video

STEPS TO TAKE

DOWNLOAD LAUNCH WEBCAST: This ½ hour webcast called The First 100 Days will be pre-recorded, and available for viewing or downloading at Re:Vision TV beginning January 30th. This version of the webcast directed specifically at a faith-guided audience, with help from Interfaith Power and Light (IPL). Watch the film, then hold a discussion or debate with members, a community faith leader, or a Congressperson, using discussion questions provided by IPL. All you need to show the First 100 Days is a laptop and projector! There are two options for viewing the webcast:

	Download it any time after January 30, and save it to your computer.
	Use an internet connection to play it from the web after January 30.

HAVE A DISCUSSION: Interfaith Power and Light has developed some discussion questions for congregations following the webcast. (PDF Download) (Word Download)

Discussion Questions for the First 100 Days.

TEACH-IN MODEL: The best teach-in model to use for a faith Teach-In event.

NTI D.I.Y. Teach-In Model (PDF Download) (Word Download)

MAKE AN IMPACT

DIALOGUE WITH CONGRESS: There are three main ways to connect with your congressperson:

	Visit your representative when they are back in-district during President’s Day Recess (February 18).
	Engage in live video-dialogue with your congressperson. This takes a bit more organizing, but is really remarkable if you are able to make it happen. If you are ambitious, contact Grady, and ask him to connect your representative with your congregation via live video-dialogue on February 4th or 6th.
	If you are not able to organize a video-dialogue on February 4-6, you can also make a video-letter to send to your congressperson, and tell them what you did with the Teach-In, how your congregation is reducing its footprint, or asking them to make climate change their priority this legislative session. HERE is how to do this.

INVITE STATE REPRESENTATIVES: Ask your state and local elected officials to attend your faith Teach-In event.

	Invite State Representatives to congregation: (Word Download)
	Invite packet ideas. (PDF Download)

GET MEDIA ATTENTION: Sample Press Release. (PDF Download) (Word Download)

Sample E-Bulletin: E-Bulletin outreach letter to members. Use this letter and amend it to invite members, or do outreach to another faith group. (PDF Download) (Word Download)

OTHER MATERIALS FOR FAITH ORGANIZERS

PHONE-IN: Join the National Teach-In Organizing Phone Calls and ask away. Calls are now EACH Wednesday (Noon EST), so mark your calendars! Call in number is 1-218-486-8700, passcode 020509.

ORGANIZER’S FAQ: It’s easier than you think. We have answers!

LOGOS & POSTERS: Click here for logos and poster materials.

STATE IPL: Find state Interfaith Power and Light leadership and ask them for help.

MATERIALS FROM PARTNERS:

	Energy Action Coalition
	National Wildlife Federation
	Interfaith Power and Light
	350.org
	CARE
	Audubon
	Northwest Earth Institute
	Oxfam
	Fresh Energy

FAITH RESOURCES

CALL TO ACTION: Sign the Interfaith Call for Climate Action Petition to Obama (download the PDF for off-line signatures at your event)

Global Warming and Religion (PDF Download)

FAITH ORGANIZATIONS:

	The National Religious Partnership for the Environment
	The Interfaith Power & Light - The Regeneration Project
	New York Interfaith Power & Light
	Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth
	Earth Ministry
	National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program
	Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
	Religious Witness for the Earth

BOOKS:

Love God, Heal Earth, by the Rev. Canon Sally Bingham

VIDEOS:

	RENEWAL: Renewal is a collection of inspiring stories profiling several of the organizations that make up the growing movement within the faith community to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment.
	LIGHTEN UP!: A Religious Response to Global Warming – Helps explain the complex issue of climate change and offers ideas on what each of us can do to help.
	SERMONETTES: Short sermons by IPL leaders speaking about climate protection.

RESOURCES: More resources are available on the Resources Page on the IPL Site.

The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham, President and Founder of The Regeneration Project. Sally has brought widespread attention to the link between religious faith and the environment through her work on The Regeneration Project and the Interfaith Power and Light campaign. As one of the first faith leaders to fully recognize global warming as a core moral issue, she has mobilized thousands of religious people to put their faith into action through energy stewardship. Sally serves as the Environmental Minister at Grace Episcopal Cathedral and chairs the Commission on the Environment for the Diocese of California where she was installed as Canon for Environmental Ministry.

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