ELM Action Fund Environmental Fellows Program Campaign Fellows - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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ELM Action Fund Environmental Fellows Program Campaign Fellows Program Since 2016, the ELM Action Fund has had over 10 campaign fellows. Our goal is to train new environmental leaders in political advocacy. Im here today to tell


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ELM Action Fund Environmental Fellows Program

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Campaign Fellows Program

  • Since 2016, the ELM Action Fund has had over

10 campaign fellows.

  • Our goal is to train new environmental leaders in

political advocacy.

  • I’m here today to tell you about the Fellows

Program and the great work that our team accomplished in 2018.

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Meet the 2018 Campaign Fellows

  • Michael Rossi – Masters in Sustainability Science from Umass Amherst
  • Neema Mungai - Sophomore at Howard University
  • Hannah To - Freshman at Princeton University
  • Isobel Rounovski - Senior at Wellesley College
  • Jonathan Held - Finishing Masters Degree at Yale University
  • Darah Meister - B.S.P.A. from Indiana University

Neema Isobel Jonathan Hannah Darah Michael

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Political Campaigns

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Political Campaigns By the Numbers

In 2018 we:

  • Knocked on 2,290 doors
  • Made 4,477 phone calls
  • Launched 40 canvasses and phone banks
  • Endorsed 58 candidates
  • Reached over 80,000 voters through digital ads
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We Had Big Wins

  • 45 of our 58 endorsed candidates won on election day.
  • Our team helped take down the worst scoring legislator on the

environment in Massachusetts.

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Town Halls

  • Our team also promoted two town halls that we hosted with other

advocacy groups in target districts that are represented by Senator Harriette Chandler and Senate President Karen Spilka.

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Member Recruitment

  • We went to several events in key legislative districts across

Massachusetts including farmers markets and community events to recruit over 600 new members.

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Phone Banks

  • We hosted weekly volunteer phone banks in our office.