Group Training and Assistance

Toxics Action Center offers seven group consultation sessions that your group can choose from to develop and implement strategies that effectively address local pollution issues. A staff person will come to your neighborhood and meet with you and your neighbors on a weeknight or weekend to help you develop a plan specifically tailored for your community.

• Planning a Winning Campaign. The first and most essential step to addressing any problem is to develop a campaign plan. Your group will clarify goals, figure out the process for solving your problem, brainstorm specific steps to take and develop a timeline for action.
   
• Effective Message and Materials. Your group will develop a simple and compelling message and materials that can be used when talking to other residents in your community, the media, as well as government officials.
   
• Building Your Group. Your group will develop a plan to start, build, and maintain an effective and efficient neighborhood organization.
   
• Making the News. Your group will develop a plan to publicize your issue in the media through events and building relationships with reporters.
   
• Fundraising to Win. Your group will develop a plan to raise money through building a membership, holding fundraising events, and/or grant writing.  
  
• Winning Community Votes. Your group will develop a plan to get the right question on the ballot, identify supporters and get out the vote, and create a buzz that peaks on election day.
   
• Winning at Public Hearings. Your group will develop a plan to win at an upcoming public hearing through galvanizing public support and preparing compelling testimony.