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Mothers Out Front

Science

Organized & Activated Constituency

Policy

WHY MOTHERS

▪ Vote ▪ Purchasing power ▪ Social networks ▪ Wired to protect ▪ Enjoy working together

We’re 80 million strong. And we’re everywhere. Mothers have been a force in past movements.

“The revolution will not be tweeted.”

MALCOLM GLADWELL

• Deep and sustained

commitment to the work

• Concrete outcomes

OUR APPROACH: DEEP ORGANIZING

§ Rooted in community § Relationship-based § Motivated by shared values and vision for

• ur children: healthy, safe environment

§ Volunteer-led § Strategic

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OUR ORGANIZING APPROACH

Leadership Development

Community Teams Statewide Teams National Leadership Team

IMPACT?

• How many mothers does it take ?
• How long ?

CASE STUDY: MASSACHUSETTS AND GAS LEAKS CAMPAIGN

4,500

SUPPORTERS

15

COMMUNITY TEAMS

350

ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS

In 4 years…

MOTHERS OUT FRONT IN 2017

IT STARTED WITH A BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE January 22, 2015 A 2015 Harvard study found…Methane levels in the Boston urban area are 2-3x WORSE than previously estimated. These leaks, if stopped, could heat 200,000 homes per year.

WE LEARNED GAS LEAKS FACTS

• Gas leaks are 10% of state’s greenhouse gas

emissions

• Leaked methane harms human health, kills

trees, can explode

• Ratepayers pay for leaked gas to tune of

$90M per year in Boston alone

• Super emitters: 7% of leaks are responsible

for 50% of emissions

BU Professor Nathan Phillips and Dr. Margaret Hendrick

WE TEAMED UP WITH ALLIES

And we went to work

State Activate political will to impact legislation City Support local leaders to shift policy

Community Organizing Teams Engage and empower people to act

WE WORKED AT EVERY LEVEL

1,462 unrepaired leaks in Springfield 368 missing leaks

Unrepaired leak Missing leak

http://www.heetma.org/squeaky-leak/natural-gas-leaks-maps/

USING MAPS AS KEY ORGANIZING TOOL

Met with elected

• fficials

Organized local

actions around leaks

Passed resolutions

• f support for state

level legislation

Got publicity from

local papers, radio and TV All 15 of our Community Organizing Teams across the state are working on the Gas Leaks Campaign COMMUNITY TEAMS IN ACTION

• Arlington
• Bedford
• Belmont
• Boston
• Brookline
• Cambridge
• Chelmsford
• Chesire
• Concord
• Dalton
• Natick
• Newton
• Northampton
• North Adams
• Pittsfield
• Quincy
• Reading
• Rockland
• Somerville
• Springfield
• Swampscott
• Waltham
• Wayland
• Wellesley
• Weston
• Weymouth*
• Williamstown
• Worcester
• Fall River
• Framingham
• Great Barrington
• Haverhill
• Lexington
• Lowell
• Malden*
• Medford
• Marblehead

* Endorsed by Mayor

COMMUNITY TEAMS IN ACTION 37 towns and cities passed resolutions

City of Boston Gas Leak Ordinance Hearing on July 12th 2016

Tito Jackson: “I don’t want my 8 year

• ld friends to have to

deal with this. We will be held accountable by Mothers Out Front, by mothers in the back and mothers on the side. We have 360 degrees of accountability.”

CITY LEVEL

December 2016 Gas Leaks Tagging in Boston

• 100 people tagged leaks across the

city

• 3 City Council members showed up to

speak CITY LEVEL

December Gas Leaks Tagging in Boston Tagging complemented by social media campaign

• 2500 Tweets; Mothers

Out Front trended #2 on Twitter CITY LEVEL

December Gas Leaks Tagging in Boston

• National Grid agreed to meet with Mothers Out Front
• On December 22, Mayor Marty Walsh signed the Boston

Gas Leaks Ordinance into law. “When Mothers Out Front got involved, it was as if the army arrived” CITY LEVEL

• Mothers Out Front has met with leadership of 3 largest utilities

in MA

• Working with HEET and BU scientists to plan a study with

National Grid and Eversource on how to identify super-emitters (7% of gas leaks responsible for 50% of emissions)

• Columbia gas has agreed to internally investigate how best to

find super-emitters

• Super emitter conference planned for October

STATE LEVEL: UTILITIES

• DPU is currently

defining gas leak grade classifications for utility companies

• MOF sent in

comment letter and 2 mothers testified at hearing

• Channel 5 filmed

STATE LEVEL: DPU RULE-MAKING

• Governor Baker signed into law an omnibus energy bill

including language we had fought for: the bill requires utilities for the first time to fix not only explosive leaks but those that have a significant environmental impact.

• Governor Baker issued an executive order laying out a

comprehensive plan to address climate change, specifically including gas leaks. Next Step: Build support for statewide legislation modeled

• n Boston ordinance.

STATE LEVEL: STATE HOUSE

MASSACHUSETTS CAMPAIGN

3 components:

• Fix gas leaks – change the narrative on

natural gas

• Stop proposed new pipelines
• Speed deployment of more clean and

renewable energy

Expansion What else?

OUR GROWING NETWORK

12,000

PEOPLE IN OUR DATABASE

50

STATES REPRESENTED

57

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

8566

EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

7438

FACEBOOK LIKES

2745

TWITTER FOLLOWERS

WHERE WE HAVE STAFF ON THE GROUND

Massachusetts Started organizing February 2013 New York Started organizing November 2014 Virginia Started organizing February 2016

AREAS OF EXPANSION 2017 Mothers Reaching Out To Us

Red = probable areas of ‘17 expansion Blue = newly started up 2016 Pre-2016 states/areas: MA, NY, VA

Pomfret, CT

• No. NJ
• S. NJ

Philadelphia D.C. Baltimore Auburn, AL Dallas, TX Las Vegas, NV Snohomish, WA San Jose Orange County Sherwood, WI Yellow Springs, OH

AREAS OF EXPANSION 2017 Mothers Reaching Out to Us

Pomfret, CT Baltimore, MD Millburn and

Englishtown, No. NJ

Collingswood,

• So. NJ

Washington, DC Auburn, AL Dallas, TX Las Vegas, NV Snohomish, WA

Launched in 2016 : Orange County & San Jose CA; Sherwood, WI; Yellow Springs, OH

ENGAGED MOTHERS ALTER THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

OUR VISION

Tens and, eventually, hundreds of thousands of mothers across the country involved in campaigns to address climate change at the local, state, and national levels.

We would love to work with you!