Tomorrow Movement
$40,000 | September 2022
What do Tomorrow Movement do?
Tomorrow Movement is a movement of young people, organising to end the influence of big business on our politics so that we can win a tomorrow with good jobs, great public services and a safe climate for all. They are fighting for solutions that match the scale of the climate, jobs and housing crisis. They are calling on the federal government to deliver a Climate Jobs Guarantee: a plan that would guarantee a good job transitioning away from fossil fuels and building a caring and sustainable society for everyone.
Why is this work important?
With the passing of Labor’s climate bill, it is critical that we keep building momentum and driving up ambition for meaningful climate action that goes beyond targets. We need to make it clear to the media and the Labor Government that the “Climate Wars” aren’t over. Young people are uniquely positioned to drive this conversation because it’s our future that’s on the line. Their moral authority cuts through - because we are on the frontlines of the jobs, housing and climate crises - and Tomorrow Movement won’t stop fighting until they win a plan that matches the scale of the crisis - the Climate Jobs Guarantee. They will do this by leading inspiring actions to get the CJG in the media, building deep buy-in in our communities and recruiting political champions who can fight for it in Parliament.
How is Groundswell supporting this work?
With Groundswell’s support, in the next 12 months Tomorrow Movement have the following activities planned:
a) Building public support for the Climate Jobs Guarantee (CJG)
Our goal is to build a mass movement, so we want to inspire people who are already concerned about climate to step up their actions and to activate people and sectors who don’t currently see themselves as part of the climate transition by sparking their imagination of what the Climate Jobs Guarantee could mean for them and their community.
We will do this by seeding and supporting local teams to lead campaigns that develop the vision for climate jobs in their communities, form deeper connections and buy in through relational organising and putting targeted pressure on their MPs.
b) Building strategic capacity through training programs
Local DNA Trainings: Two day in-person training to help local teams establish and plan their campaigns.
Day 1: builds team relationships and introduces Tomorrow Movement’s strategic DNA (strategy/story/culture).
Day 2: supports teams to plan their local Climate Jobs campaign.
Online Skills based training: 1.5 to 2 hour Zoom workshops on community organising skills including: community mapping & listening, relational organising & meetings, strategic actions, how to work in solidarity with First Nations led campaigns for justice.
c) Recruiting Climate Jobs Champions in Parliament and putting the CJG on the agenda
We are developing stronger relationships with Independent and Green MPs, building off the commitments we won during the election and first 100 days. (Focusing on Monique Ryan, David Pocock and Larrissa Waters and Penny Allman-Payne.)
Local teams are building community power and pressure on their Labor MPs, creating a hero pathway for them to back the CJG. Focusing on electorates where we had influence during the election, including Chishom and Cooper (VIC) McMahon and Gilmore (NSW), Cowan (WA).
Our first ask of supportive MPs is to help us win a Senate Inquiry into the Climate Jobs and Housing Crisis, so that we can ensure community is part of the conversation and put the CJG on the political agenda.
We will continue to generate momentum for the CJG through bold and creative mobilisations that generate media attention at key moments like the Jobs and Skills Summit and COP27.
Grant update
As of January 2023, we have secured in principle support for a Senate Inquiry into the intersections of the Climate, Jobs and Housing Crisis from members of the Environment & Communications and the Education & Employment Senate Committees.
As the cost of living crisis intensifies, it’s more important than ever to understand the intersection between climate and economic justice and opportunities to address both. The goal of the Inquiry is to investigate the ways that solving the climate crisis can create good jobs, while prioritising the expertise of those most impacted.
Our allies in the Senate are now raising the proposal with Ministers and in caucus. We expect to have confirmation that it will go ahead in the second half of this year. In the meantime local chapters are focused on building deep relationships with constituent groups in their local communities, ensuring we can mobilise submissions and turn out from a diversity of stakeholders when the inquiry is announced.
To learn more about Tomorrow Movement’s impact, read our interview with National Director Des Cai.