Interchange – Steve Arnold and Marcia Veldman: Citizen Lobbyists

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This week on Interchange, host Lisa-Marie Napoli interviews Steve Arnold, Volunteer Group Leader of the Bloomington Global Chapter of RESULTS, and Marcia Veldman, Co-Leader of the Bloomington Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby. The guests discuss each of their corresponding non-partisan citizens lobby groups in several ways: how they came to be; the issues they address and other aspects of their local, state and national efforts. Arnold and Veldman acknowledge that both RESULTS and the Citizens Climate Lobby use similar methodologies that train citizens to gain specific skills to develop political will, personal empowerment and effective lobbying efforts.