Schedule July 5 - July 18, 2020

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Day One: Welcome

10:00 a.m.

Instructors arrive at UCSD for set-up

1:00 p.m.

Students arrive

1:30 p.m.

Ice-breakers/Team building/ Program overview – Science to Policy

3:00 p.m.

Session 1: Earth Systems 1

4:30 p.m.

UCSD Campus Tour

5:45 p.m.

Dinner in UCSD Dining Hall

6:30 p.m.

Evening Program: Program Goals and Social Change

9:30 p.m.

Dorm activities / Journaling and BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m. 

Lights out

Monday, July 6, 2020

Day Two: An Introduction to SIO (bring laptops and id)- wear closed toed shoes

7:45 a.m.

Breakfast in UCSD Dining Hall / Pick-up lunches from Dining Services

8:45 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

SIO Lab tours

12:30 p.m.

Lunch break

1:00 p.m.   

SIO ship tour  

4:30 p.m

Session 3: Earth Systems (2)

5:45 p.m.

Dinner in UCSD Dining Hall

7:00 p.m.

Evening program:  Session 6: “Before The Flood”

9:30 p.m. 

Dorm activities/ Journaling and BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m.      

Lights out

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Day Three: Research projects

7:15 a.m.

Breakfast in UCSD dining Hall / pick-up lunches

8:00 a.m.   

Session 4: Earth Systems (3)

8:45 a.m.

Depart for SIO

9:00 a.m.

Session 5: Data Analysis and Statistics Intro

10:30 a.m.

Group research projects

12:30 p.m.  

Lunch break

1:15 p.m.  

Continue research projects

5:45 p.m.   

Dinner in UCSD Dining Hall

6:45 p.m. 

Evening Program: Presentation skills

9:30 p.m. 

Dorm activities / Journaling and BLOG

11:00 p.m.

Lights out

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Day Four: Science presentations (AC shirts for group photo)- wear closed toed shoes

7:45 a.m.  

Breakfast in UCSD Dining Hall / pick-up lunches

9:00 a.m.   

Presentation prep

11:00 a.m.

Science Presentations

12:30 p.m.   

Lunch break (research group photos in front of pier) - wear AC shirts

1:15 p.m.  

Ice Core lab and freezer

2:30 p.m.

Microplastics

3:30 p.m.

Session 7: Science and Policy

4:30 p.m.

What is an issue paper? Writing a group issue paper

5:45 p.m.

Dinner in UCSD Dining Hall

6:45 p.m.

Session 8: Congress 101

7:30 p.m.

Teambuilding/Trust

9:30 p.m. 

Dorm activities / Journaling and BLOG assignment

11:00 p.m.    

Lights out

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Day Five: Beach data

7:45 a.m. 

Breakfast UCSD Dining Hall/ pick-up lunches

8:45 a.m.

Transfer to SIO

9:00 a.m.     

Data collection- Scripps Beach- Longshore currents/Smartfin

12:00 p.m.

Lunch break

1:00 p.m.      

Session 9: A personal issue paper and how I write one

2:00 p.m.  

Walk down to Beach (sun, surf, boogie boards, volleyball)

4:45 p.m.

Return to UCSD/ Clean up

5:45 p.m.

Dinner in UCSD Dining Hall

7:00 p.m.

Evening Program: Marine Policy

9:30 p.m.   

Dorm activities / Journaling and BLOG

11:00 p.m.    

Lights out

Friday, July 5, 2020

Day Six: Science and Policy

7:45 a.m. 

Breakfast in UCSD Dining Hall /pick-up lunches

9:15 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

Research individual issues

12:00 p.m. 

Lunch break

1:00 p.m.     

Continue Work on individual issue papers

4:30 p.m.

Session 10: CCL: Lobby 101 and 201

5:00 p.m.

Depart for UCSD

5:30 p.m.

Laundry

5:45 p.m.  

Dinner in UCSD Dining Hall / Bookstore

6:45 p.m.    

Evening Program: 7 C’s developed

9:00 p.m.

Journaling and BLOG / PACK for the morning

10:30 p.m.

Lights out

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Day Seven: TRAVEL DAY to D.C. (AC shirts worn today)

5:00 a.m.        

Breakfast muffins/collect keys

5:40 a.m.

Walk to shuttle stop

6:00 a.m.

Depart for San Diego Airport

8:25 a.m.

Southwest Airlines to DC

6:00 p.m.    

Arrive Washington, DC 

6:30 p.m.

Transport to Hotel

7:00 p.m. 

Walk to Dinner- Shake Shack

8:30 p.m. 

Evening program: Emotional vs scientific reporting

Journaling and BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m.  

Lights out

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Day Eight: Message Completion

8:10 a.m.

Breakfast in hotel

9:00 a.m. 

Depart for the National Zoo

9:45 a.m.

Explore the Zoo- start at Amazonia and work down the paths

12:00 p.m.

Depart Zoo

12:15 p.m. 

Lunch at Chipotle 3416 Connecticut Ave

1:00 p.m.

Metro Back to Hotel - Cleveland Park Station

1:45 p.m.

Afternoon: message completion (hotel bistro)

4:00 p.m.

Presentation practice

5:00 p.m.

Walk and Metro to Union Station for dinner

Chop-T, Chipotle, Roti Med, Shake Shack, etc. in Union Station

7:00 p.m.

Old Town Trolley Monument bus tour

10:30 p.m.

Journaling and BLOG assignments back at hotel

11:00 p.m. 

Lights out

Monday, July 13, 2020

Day Nine:  PREPARING FOR OUR MEETINGS- Citizen’s Climate Change Lobby

7:50 a.m.

Breakfast at Cornerstone Café

9:00 a.m.

Session 11 CCL Role play mock meetings- at UCDC

12:15 p.m.

Lunch break - Cornerstone Café

1:30 p.m.

Continue meeting skills with CCL

4:00 p.m.

Finalize Issue Papers- relax time when done

6:30 p.m.

Dinner at “& Pizza” 1215 Connecticut Ave. and The Little Beet

8:00 p.m.

Evening program:

Safe Passage"- Years of Living Dangerously followed by discussion

Journaling and BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m. 

Lights out

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Day Ten:  National Science Foundation

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast at Cornerstone Café

8:15 a.m.

Metro and walk to NSF

9:45 a.m.

NSF tour

11:30 a.m.

Depart NSF / Metro back

12:30 p.m.

Lunch at Cornerstone Café

2:00 p.m.   

3:30 p.m.

Correct/modify/finalize issue papers

5:00 p.m

Dinner District Taco- 1919 M St. NW

6:30 p.m.

Evening Program in Hotel

Session 12: Leadership in the Movies

Journaling and BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m.      

Lights out

Wedneday, July 15, 2020

Day Eleven: HILL VISITS   Dress for success!  (professional dress clothes)

7:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast in hotel

Metro to Capitol Hill

9:30 a.m.

Meetings with Legislators, and staff

12:00 p.m.

Lunch in Longworth Cafeteria

Afternoon- more meetings or museum visit

5:30 p.m.

Dinner at Noodles and Company (1667 K Street)

7:00 p.m.

Evening: Social Change continued

9:00 pm.

Hotel supervision

Journal/BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m. 

Lights out

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Day Twelve:   HILL VISITS Continue    Dress for success!  (professional dress clothes)

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast at Cornerstone Café

Photo in front of White House

8:30 a.m.

Metro to Capitol Hill 

9:30 a.m.

Congressional meetings

12:00 p.m.

Lunch in Longworth

1:00 p.m.   

Congressional meetings continue 

3:30 p.m.

Metro back to hotel –Union Station to Farragut North

6:30 p.m.

Dinner at Shake Shack and The Little Beet

7:30 p.m. 

Evening Program: Sustaining the Relationship: Follow up with your Rep

Journal/BLOG assignments

9:00 p.m.      

Hotel Supervision 

11:00 p.m.      

Friday, July 17, 2020

Day Thirteen

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast at Cornerstone Café

8:00 a.m.

Metro to Capitol (McPherson to Capitol South)

9:00 a.m.

Capitol Tour

10:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

Lunch at Cornerstone Café

2:00 p.m.

Prepare for Social Change Presentation

5:00 p.m.

Program debrief

5:10 p.m.

Depart for Dinner at Vapiano’s 1800 M St

7:30 p.m. 

Evening in the Hotel Meeting Room

Leadership Social Change Presentations (individual)

Closing Ceremony

Appreciation Circle

Journal/BLOG assignments

11:00 p.m.      

Lights out

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Day Fourteen

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast in hotel

9:00 a.m.

Hotel pick-ups

10:00 a.m.

Uber to airport

12:00 p.m. and later

Flights home