Arizona Interfaith Power & Light

Tucson-Environmental Voter Project Canvassing
2024-11-02 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Phoenix) | TBD
Meet up with your fellow EVP volunteers to mobilize low propensity environmental voters in Tucson to vote in their upcoming elections! This extra special canvass will include optional pre-canvass birding led by our partners at the Tucson Audubon Society.
Saturday, November 2, 2024 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST (AZ)

Chuck Ford Lakeside Park, 8201 E Stella Rd, Tucson, AZ 85730

Register here!
Your Volunteer Leader will provide a full training on how to canvass using the MiniVAN canvassing app, walk lists of target voters, an informative script, and lit cards for you to provide to each voter. All you need to bring is a smartphone or tablet to use the app on, comfortable walking shoes, water, sun protection, and yourself! Long-time and first-time canvassers are all welcome.
Here’s a breakdown of the schedule:

[Optional] 7:45-9am: Birding with Tucson Audubon. Experienced and first-time birders are welcome!
9-9:30am: Welcome & training from EVP
9:30-11:15am: Door-to-door canvassing of low propensity environmental voters
11:15-11:30am: Travel back to the meet-up location
11:30am: Materials drop off & wrap up

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tucson-Environmental Voter Project Canvassing
2024-10-20 07:45 - 11:30 | TBD
Meet up with your fellow EVP volunteers to mobilize low propensity environmental voters in Tucson to vote in their upcoming elections! This extra special canvass will include optional pre-canvass birding led by our partners at the Tucson Audubon Society.
The meet-up location will be announced soon.
Your Volunteer Leader will provide a full training on how to canvass using the MiniVAN canvassing app, walk lists of target voters, an informative script, and lit cards for you to provide to each voter. All you need to bring is a smartphone or tablet to use the app on, comfortable walking shoes, water, sun protection, and yourself! Long-time and first-time canvassers are all welcome.
Here’s a breakdown of the schedule:

[Optional] 7:45-9am: Birding with Tucson Audubon. Experienced and first-time birders are welcome!
9-9:30am: Welcome & training from EVP
9:30-11:15am: Door-to-door canvassing of low propensity environmental voters
11:15-11:30am: Travel back to the meet-up location
11:30am: Materials drop off & wrap up

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sunday, October 20, 2024 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST (AZ)

Election Protection Poll Training
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Nonpartisan volunteers are needed to serve as poll monitors.
Sign-up at: allvoting.org/epaz2024

Prop. 479 - BBQ & Yard Signs
2024-10-15 12:00 - 17:00 | Associated General Contractors, 1825 W. Adams St., Phoenix, AZ, 85007, United States
Please come for lunch and bring along 100 (or 10) of your friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, etc.
Come on Tues., Oct. 15 between 12-1 p.m. (or later till 5 PM for signs as long as they last).
Please RSVP (email: administration@azagc.org) as soon as possible and ask others to do the same. Along with food and beverages, there will be yard signs and a handout for folks to take and help distribute.

Arizona Phone Bank (AZIPL & EVP-Environmental Voter Project)
2024-10-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Virtual – Zoom
Join the Arizona Interfaith Power & Light (AZIPL) and the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) to turn out low propensity environmental voters in Arizona ahead of the November 5th General Election.We’ll start with an overview of our phone banking program and the scripts we’ll be using, then we’ll get to work calling voters.If you’ve already been trained, you’ll receive the Hubdialer credentials at the beginning of the Zoom call and be able to jump right into calling. If you’re a first-time EVP phone banker, we’ll have a full training at the beginning of the call. All you need to participate is a (landline or cell) phone, web-enabled computer or tablet, and yourself!

We look forward to (virtually) seeing you there! Register here.

Tucson-Environmental Voter Project Canvassing
2024-10-05 07:45 - 11:30 | TBD
Meet up with your fellow EVP volunteers to mobilize low propensity environmental voters in Tucson to vote in their upcoming elections! This extra special canvass will include optional pre-canvass birding led by our partners at the Tucson Audubon Society.
The meet-up location will be announced soon.
Your Volunteer Leader will provide a full training on how to canvass using the MiniVAN canvassing app, walk lists of target voters, an informative script, and lit cards for you to provide to each voter. All you need to bring is a smartphone or tablet to use the app on, comfortable walking shoes, water, sun protection, and yourself! Long-time and first-time canvassers are all welcome.
Here’s a breakdown of the schedule:

[Optional] 7:45-9am: Birding with Tucson Audubon. Experienced and first-time birders are welcome!
9-9:30am: Welcome & training from EVP
9:30-11:15am: Door-to-door canvassing of low propensity environmental voters
11:15-11:30am: Travel back to the meet-up location
11:30am: Materials drop off & wrap up

We look forward to seeing you there!

Voter Canvass with AZ Poor People's Campaign in Phoenix
2024-10-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 100 W Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ, 85003, United States
On Friday, October 4th at 6;00 p.m. join us at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix as we gather with our partners at Trinity Cathedral, and those from Foothills Christian Church, Arizona Interfaith Power & Light, the Arizona Faith Network, and other congregations to canvass the Phoenix First Friday events in the neighborhood.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is located at 100 W Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85003. Click HERE for an aerial view of the church and its location. Trinity Cathedral is on the Northwest corner of 1st Ave & Roosevelt St. Just north of the Cathedral is a free parking garage where you can park on the first two levels. The Cathedral Campus is a large U-Shape. Volunteers will meet in the hall leading to the Olney Art Gallery, which is between the Cathedral and the building on the left in the map.

Social Days of Action - Voting & Creation
2024-09-24 | Social Media Action
RESOURCE – Social Media Toolkit
Background
As faith-based and affiliated organizations we have a direct voice to the faith communities we serve. This year, so many issues we care about as people of faith; caring for the Earth, seeking peace around the world, ensuring all are fed and housed, are issues being debated and discussed in upcoming elections. It is critical that our faith communities mobilize to ensure all voices and votes are heard. This messaging toolkit was created in the hope of bringing greater unity across organizations and faith traditions in the shared message that voting with our faith in mind, and ensuring others can do the same, will be so important this election season!
Topline Messages

For people of faith, our faith traditions inform our vote. The morals and values we have are shaped by our faith, and when we vote those values, we are living into our faith.
Caring for the Earth/Creation/our Common Home, is a tenet of many faiths, and as we work to address the climate crisis, we look for elected leaders who will take bold action to care for and protect our Earth now and for generations to come.
Our democracy can only truly represent its people, if everyone has the opportunity to vote and have their voice heard. People of faith are critical to ensuring all those in our communities and congregations can cast their vote.

Action Steps
To use this messaging guide, we hope that you will:

Use the sample social media and graphics to promote this messaging to your networks,
Join us in two days of action on 9/24/2024 and 10/22/2024, where we will lift up our common faith voices in support of voter mobilization for people of faith,
Like, share, and lift up the posts and participation of all our partners to show unity and community in these efforts!

Tucson-Environmental Voter Project Canvassing
2024-09-21 07:00 - 11:00 | TBD
No experience required
Canvass Environmental Voters in Tucson, AZ
8:30-11am AZ, with optional birding from 7-8:30am AZ
Meet up with your fellow EVP volunteers to mobilize low propensity environmental voters in Tucson to vote in their upcoming elections! This extra special canvass will include optional pre-canvass birding led by our partners at the Tucson Audubon Society.
The meet-up location will be announced soon.
Your Volunteer Leader will provide a full training on how to canvass using the MiniVAN canvassing app, walk lists of target voters, an informative script, and lit cards for you to provide to each voter. All you need to bring is a smartphone or tablet to use the app on, comfortable walking shoes, water, sun protection, and yourself! Long-time and first-time canvassers are all welcome.
Here’s a breakdown of the schedule:
[Optional] 7-8:30am: Birding with Tucson Audubon. Experienced and first-time birders are welcome!
8:30-9am: Welcome & training from EVP
9-10:45am: Door-to-door canvassing of low propensity environmental voters
10:45-11am: Travel back to the meet-up location
11am: Materials drop off & wrap up
We look forward to seeing you there!
Saturday, September 21, 2024 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM MST (AZ)

Earth Day Block Party
2024-04-21 12:00 - 15:00 | Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, 85007, United States
Join AZIPL, Climate Action Campaign, and partner organizations for a Climate Solutions Now Earth Day Rally! We will celebrate the the great strides that have been made to combat climate change and the need for continued ambition to tackle the climate crisis.
The event will feature local musicians and performers, a speaking program, activities for kids and families, free food, and much more!
For more information, RSVP here!

Environmental Day at the Legislature
2024-01-25 09:00 - 14:00 | Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, 85007, United States
Environmental Day at the Capitol is the Sierra Club’s annual lobby day! We do this in collaboration with 20 plus other organizations. We will have information tables, speakers, and will be setting up appointments with legislators. You need not have any experience or be an expert and will have a team leader to help you with the legislative meetings.
RSVP here!
There will be a bus from Tucson with other groups.

Sacred Waters
2021-09-21 17:30 | Arizona
Arizona Faith Network and Arizona Interfaith Power and Light join together with Arizona leaders to explore Arizona’s lifeblood: water. Together we will explore the voices, history, gifts, and challenges of Arizona’s water.

September 21st: Featuring Professor Rhett Larson, the Richard Morrison Professor of Water Law at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and Storyteller Liz Warren, Faculty Director of the Storytelling Institute at South Mountain Community College.

Climate Reality Leadership Training
2020-03-08 - 2020-03-10 | Arizona
We’re Headed To Vegas Baby!

The next Climate Reality Leadership Corps training will take place in what may be the fastest warming city in the US – Las Vegas, Nevada. We’ll be training a new cohort of Climate Reality Leaders in the desert city from March 8-10 – if you know anyone who might like to attend, share the application with them now!
Las Vegas warmed more than 5.7 degrees Fahrenheit between 1970 and 2018. Las Vegas is feeling the heat, but is also seeing the effects of the climate crisis in myriad other ways from dwindling water sources, wildfire risk, and pest infestations.
It’s time to start talking in Las Vegas. Join the Faith Based Creation Care Group!

Tikun Olam- To Heal the World...
2019-10-05 17:00 - 20:30 | Red Mountain United Methodist Church, 2936 N. Power Road, Mesa, AZ, 85215, United States
In Hebrew, “Tikun Olam” means “to heal the world.” And that’s exactly what Ben Lesser is trying to do.
He speaks to people in prison and teenagers growing up in gang-ridden neighborhoods; and he tells them his story. He teaches them the horrors of the Holocaust, of Auschwitz, of losing parents, two brothers and a sister in the massacre. And he shows them how far he has come: how he’s achieved success in America and built a loving family who brings him great joy. He shows them how by choosing love, he overcame the worst of circumstances. And he shows them, that they, too, have a choice.
Students (7th – 12th grade) are invited to a special presentation at 2:00 pm. The Adult presentation begins at 5:00 pm.
Ben Lesser, https://www.zachorfoundation.org/

On Food and Faith: Ministry in the Time of Climate Change...
2019-05-30 - 2019-06-01 | Methodist Theological School of Ohio, 3081 Columbus Pike, Delaware, OH, 43015, United States
Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO) – Delaware, OH
“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.”
Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
Technological advances in the 20th and the 21st century offer many American consumers easy access to cheap and abundant food, much of which is traced to supply and labor chains around the world. The same advances have resulted in the depletion of soils, the overuse of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, greenhouse gas pollution, as well as increasing obesity and other food related health issues. And within this system, millions in the U.S. and billions more across the globe go hungry each day. Food deserts persist across urban and rural America, and upwards of 41 million Americans are food insecure, 13 million of whom are children. This system keeps externalities hidden, supply high, and prices low affecting the long term health of soils, water, human beings and wildlife.
This year’s conference will teach faith leaders how our current food system is contributing to the climate crisis, explore the impact climate change is having on farming and food security, and help empower attendees to take action on these issues in a way that aligns with their deepest values.
The training is hosted by the Center for Earth Ethics, Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), and The Climate Reality Project. It will take place at MTSO May 30th-June 1.
Applications:
Applications are open for the 2019 program. Application deadline is March 29, 2019. Applicants will be notified of decisions by April 30, 2019. Click here to submit an application.
Travel and Accommodations:
For information about travel and local accommodations, please click here.
Questions:
Please contact: Genie Cooper

What Does Climate Change Mean for Phoenix, AZ?
2019-04-16 11:00 - 12:30 | ASU West, 4701 W Thunderbird Rd. UCB Rm. 240, Glendale, 85345, United States
I am Michael Lore Shire, President of E.A.R.T.H. Club on West Campus and we are respectfully requesting a Climate Reality Presentation to help educate the students on our campus about how climate change is going to impact Phoenix. A significant portion of our student population has been raised here and many will most likely stay once they graduate. We will have food available.

Dr. Peter Kalmus "What you can do about climate breakdown."
2019-01-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Sat, January 12, 10am – 12pm
Where: Escalante Multigenerational Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe, AZ 85281-2nd Floor Conf. Rm. (map)
You’re invited to join the East Valley Citizens’ Climate Lobby monthly meeting which meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Escalante Community Center. In 2019, we will have a new room “La Paz”. You can ask the front desk for help finding the hallway that goes past the pool. We always begin at 10 am. In the summer, when AZ and CA are on the same time zone, we start with the National Zoom call. In the winter, we begin with our local meeting.

Science-Palooza, Studio 19...
2019-01-09 16:30 - 2019-01-30 17:00 | Red Mountain United Methodist Church, 2936 N. Power Road, Mesa, AZ, 85215, United States
I would suggest we call the classes Science-palooza. The description: Fun Physics & Earth Science Experiments. The team will be presenting science experiments with group participation, to a group of elementary students. The goal is to call attention to our natural world and encourage attendees to learn more about their environment.
Presentations will be on each Wednesday, beginning January 9th and ending January 30th.
Students are eager to learn about their environment.

Arizona Food Summit in Tucson...
2019-01-08 - 2019-01-09 | Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ, 85718, United States
The Food Summit is a goal-driven initiative to promote one of Governor Doug Ducey’s key priorities (Happy, Healthy Citizens) to help Arizonans pursue a healthier life. The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) promotes this mission by facilitating statewide collaborations to eliminate hunger, reduce nutrition-related diseases, and address the root causes of food insecurity.
Date: January 8–9, 2019
Venue: Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Rd., Tucson, AZ 85718
Hotel: Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Rd., Tucson, AZ 85704

Phoenix With Standing Rock - #NoDAPL Day of Action
2016-09-13 04:00 - 18:00 | Steele Indian School Park (Use Central Ave. Entrance), 300 E. Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85012, United States
The movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline is growing stronger by the day, and it’s time for all of us to rise up and play a role in this fight – no matter where we live.
Join Renetto-Mario Etsitty and Stacey Champion on Tuesday, September 13 for a solidarity action and rally at Steele Indian School Park (use the Central Ave. entrance to park across from George and Dragon) at 4:00 PM calling on President Obama to instruct the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the permits for this dirty oil pipeline. We will line the sidewalks with our bodies, signs & voices on the NE corner of Central Ave. & Indian School Rd. from 4 – 5 PM, then will march up Central Avenue together and into the park to hear from Native speakers who will also address local issues surrounding water and desecration of sacred land, followed by a drum circle. Those joining us with small children are welcome to gather in the park for the first hour for safety issues as there is a lot of traffic at this time.
By gathering at Steele Indian School Park, we hope to call attention to the brave water and land protectors at Standing Rock and encourage the Army Corps of Engineers, City, County & State elected leaders in Arizona and the President of the United States to take a stand against greed and dirty energy which puts our greatest natural resource- WATER – at risk for generations to come.
Let us know you’re coming — sign up on this page to receive action updates.
Please bring art and banners — and be sure to share on social media with #NoDAPL. Some sample messages for art include:
