PEOPLE'S CLIMATE COLLECTIVE
CSIDC partnered with AktivAsia to run two cohorts of the PCC (People's Climate Collective), a six month program for seasoned campaigners to enhance their already existing leadership and organizing skills.
The PCC was a six-month program designed for seasoned campaigners to enhance their leadership and organizing skills. It created a space of solidarity where participants learned from both local and global organizing practices that have driven successful campaigns and explored ways to strengthen and energize their own efforts.
The program covered campaign strategizing, storytelling, relationship-building, and tactic planning, equipping campaigners to lead impactful actions with a clear strategic direction.
Through PCC, campaigners overcame self-doubt, fears of failure, and built lasting solidarity with a network of progressive organizers. After six months of shared experiences, the cohort emerged as a community, leaving with newfound confidence, deeper connections, and a refreshed perspective on organizing and strategy.
Over the six months, there were two main areas of focus.
1. The first was on nurturing the capacity of campaigns that participants are involved in. Over four online sessions, attended by the full cohort, one every two to three weeks, participants were provided peer-learning spaces to share and analyze implementations of learnings in their campaigns; as well as benefit from international guest speakers invited to the sessions.
2. The second area of focus was on nurturing the teaching and coaching capacity of the cohort to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge learned, back into their campaigns, as well as to new and emerging campaigners in the ecosystem.
Selected participants attended an in person 3-day workshop to revise their conceptual clarity and practice coaching and teaching. These participants went on to teach, facilitate and coach at future trainings. These programs and the subsequent teaching allowed participants to gain hands-on experience to coach and develop campaigners like themselves, develop new relationships, and take back the learnings to deepen the capacity and effectiveness of their own campaigns.
AREAS OF FOCUS
TIMELINE
DOSTAIN QAZI
PROJECT COORDINATOR
ANJUMAN FAHLA O BEBHOOD
PCC ALUM 2023; COACH FOUNDATIONAL 2023
One of the greatest learning opportunities in the People’s Climate Collective (PCC) journey was that I felt heard and listened to. People gathered from all over Pakistan and treated as if they had met before. It was the specialty of the CSIDC team that held everyone together like a chain. I have been in the social sector for almost 10 years and have attended various workshops and trainings but I can honestly say that what I have learned here I have not learned anywhere else. The sessions that took place over 6 months added more knowledge. PCC's workshop helped a lot in fulfilling this difficult task, which is how to get young women to participate in the political process. Now I am equipped with the basic tools of community mobilization, facilitating communication during meetings with the community while organizing, finding innovative ways to achieve the campaign’s goal, and developing meaningful relationships with people to keep them together.
RIAZ MANGLO
FOUNDER
TALEEMDAN
PCC ALUM 2023;
TRAINER PCC 2024
Before People’s Climate Collective, I dreamt of empowering my community in KhairpurMirs through TALEEMDAN, but it felt like an uphill battle. This fellowship became my launchpad. People’s Climate Collective gave me the tools to coach young minds on organizing, not just in theory, but with real-world skills. This was not just about me growing, it was about building a wave of young advocates with me. After knowing the importance of understanding the constituency at a deep level and the power of storytelling now I feel more connected to my people. This fellowship also honed my leadership and community engagement. Now, I can confidently mobilize people around issues like education, environment, and gender equality – the true pillars of TALEEMDAN.
SHAZIA SARWAR
PROJECT COORDINATOR
DOABA FOUNDATION
PCC ALUM 2023
As the Project Coordinator for Doaba Foundation's DiDRR initiative in Multan and Muzaffargarh, relief for vulnerable communities drives my every action. I knew, deep down, that this could be so much more instead of only collaborating with the district government. The People’s Climate Collective was not just a workshop, but a journey. I realized 1-on-1 meetings were not just feedback sessions, they were moments of empathy and shared strength. By knowing the real decision-maker I was able to get the accessibility assessment of the relief camps done with the local government being on board. PCC did not just give me tools, it gave me a powerful lens to see the world. From Multan to Muzaffargarh, and beyond, I carry the lessons learned, forever grateful for the journey that began at PCC.