Join us as we help educate the people around us by connecting the issues we care about to the elected offices that shape them.
Create a Short Video – Keep Them Coming!
Issues Affecting Arizonans
Between now and early June, we’d love for you to record a 1-minute video (or less) about an issue you care about—and connect it to an office that has power over that issue. (No candidate names or anything about the election. For now, just focus on the issue connection to an office.)
Examples could include and are not limited to:
- Energy costs/clean energy that you’re frustrated with and the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
- Water, voting rights, or climate policy with the State Legislature
- Composting, tree canopy, other with the City council (also the county races or legislature)
- Climate jobs, agriculture, food prices, democracy issues to federal offices such as congressional races
- Hyperscale data centers with State Legislature, Governor providing tax incentives
Storytelling Tips
Think of the listener/potential voter as the hero of the story—the person who can help create change. (after all, they can canvass, postcard, call, vote, pay attention to other races…you’re connecting the dots for them for later)
Examples:
- “I’m tired of Arizona heat getting worse. Aren’t you?”
- “If you could help lower pollution and keep Arizona livable, wouldn’t you?”
- “Are you frustrated by rising energy costs? There are leaders who influence that.”
A simple structure:
- Make sure you pull in the listener when you identify a problem that matters to you? (How they’re probably frustrated/feeling the impact about it too.)
- Connect that problem to an elected office that they might not realize can have an impact on that issue.
- Be the guide to get them into action – where to get info, what to learn, how they can succeed on the issue they care about.Be clear on steps they can take – simple and easy to understand.
- Challenge or invite them to take action (align…as people who call Arizona home and want to protect it).
- What success could look like with their action/give a vision for the future.
Keep It Evergreen. Be personal and personable…why you care about the issue.
Evergreen means make videos timeless (not tied to a date or event) so they can be used now and reposted again later this year.
Think about:
Background visuals that support your message
Props or “show and tell” that bring the story to life
Double check that the office you are relating the issue to actually does have some level of responsibility on that issue.
How to Share
- Email – arizona@thirdact.org (Don’t mail through Apple Mail because it will reduce the resolution of the video). We will post it on Third Act social media and our Third Act AZ YouTube channel.
- Share it on your own Social Media channels and Tag us!
- If you are on Facebook, you can share it directly to our Facebook Group page.
TAGS and Links to follow us
- @thirdactaz: IG, FB, Threads, Bluesky
- @thirdactorg: IG, FB, Threads, Bluesky
- Sample hashtags: #elections, #vote, #climateaction, #environment, #water, #compost, #extremeheat, #solar, #renewableenergy, #downballot, #drought
Friends and partners are welcome to participate too.
Resources
Examples and Tips from Climate Mayors
Zoom Training
Sample Video