Tight Deadline: Apply Now for the Climate Advocacy Lab Blueprint Training Cohort 2026 (Financial support provided for the in-person kickoff retreat)
Closing Date: 16 January 2026, 11:59 PM PT
Tight Deadline: Apply Now for the Climate Advocacy Lab Blueprint Training Cohort 2026 (Financial support provided for the in-person kickoff retreat)
What is the Coalition Training Cohort?
Based on the Climate Advocacy Lab’s Blueprint for a Multiracial, Cross-Class Climate Movement (Second Edition), the Blueprint Training Cohort is a 5-month intensive peer learning and training experience designed for organizers and leaders that will provide a supportive, structured framework for individuals engaged in multiracial, cross-class climate coalitions.
Over the course of five months, Climate Advocacy Lab will cover essential concepts around:
- How to identify common goals,
- How to establish internal decision-making processes,
- How to maintain momentum and cohesion, and
- How to navigate conflict while maintaining relationships.
Through a combination of training sessions, peer learning discussions, and personalized coaching, participants will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to run effective climate coalitions.
Program goals:
Participants in the Coalition Training Cohort will be trained on how to diagnose, address, and strengthen the strategic and relational operation of their climate coalitions.
After completing this cohort, participants will be able to work through the obstacles commonly faced by coalitions throughout social justice movements, and have a renewed confidence in their ability to cultivate growth, collaboration, and impact in coalition settings. Participants will graduate from this training series with renewed confidence in their ability to cultivate growth, collaboration, and impact in their coalition settings.
Who Climate Advocacy Lab is looking for:
This cohort is meant for full-time organizers and advocates that:
- Work directly for climate coalitions and/or coalition members who have some decision-making power in their coalitions
- Have the capacity to influence the shape and function of the coalitions they work in.
- Share the Lab team’s commitment to justice-centered and intersectional organizing practices
- Are eager to contribute to a dynamic, joyful space where we reflect, learn, laugh, and grow together!
Preference will be given to participants who can apply with a fellow coalition member.
Cohort structure:
- In-Person: The Blueprint Training Cohort will kick off with a two-day in-person retreat for cohort members to meet, establish personal goals, and build understanding of each other’s coalition experience
- Virtual: Each month after the in-person kickoff will include a virtual training session, an optional work session, and a 30-minute personalized coaching call with a Lab staff trainer
- Virtual: The cohort will conclude with presentations from each participant overviewing their progress towards their goals and their plans to further implement learning concepts to improve the function of their coalitions
Overview of Coalition Training Cohort Timeline:
- week of March 16: Kickoff
- Session 1: April
- Session 2: May
- Session 3: June
- Session 4: July
- March 17-19: In-person kickoff retreat (location TBD) on Coalition Fundamentals and Strategic Culture
- April: Virtual training session on Inclusion, Governance, and Resources, plus optional work session and personalized coaching calls
- May: Virtual training session on Conflict Management, plus optional work session and personalized coaching calls
- June: Virtual training session on Decision-Making and Evaluation, plus optional work session and personalized coaching calls
- July: Virtual peer presentations and close out
Financial Support:
The Lab will provide travel, lodging, and food expenses for the in-person kickoff retreat. The virtual sessions and coaching will be provided for free over Zoom.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative cohort that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create lasting change in the fight against climate disruption. Apply by January 16, 2026 to join a community of advocates exploring new practices around building powerful and effective coalitions:
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