Most significant was the death of his father his freshman year, who suffered a heart attack as he was riding a bike. Food and land use need to become central, if we are to move from division, and confront our me me me! But Curbelo will be gone when the new Congress begins.
Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement. [44], Sunrise Movement’s 2017 Form 990-EZ (an abridged version for nonprofits with small nonprofits) was obtained by the Capital Research Center in March 2019 is available here. Sunrise's protests elevated climate ahead of the new Congress, winning a thumbs-up from Pelosi, but the group quickly ran into the hard realities of the Democratic caucus. The next was his participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, which held the public's attention for about a month as protesters tried to raise awareness about income inequality. Photo credit: Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement, Dyanna Jaye. Sunrise Movement launches first wave of Congressional primary….
However, Singh said that Sunrise did not extend those same benefits to their now-former domestic partner, despite it being “standard practice in non-profits” to do so. So we must merge electoral organizing with creative protest to build, alongside others, a political force great enough to win. So the thought was, "What if we do an action in D.C. the week after the election before anyone else is ready to move?". "It had the flash-in-the-pan moment, but there wasn't a clear direction of where the movement could go," Weber said. Donating monthly or signing up to do a #ShineALight event, or getting on an online orientation training are great ways to start. The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Weber left Hawaii to attend college at Wesleyan University, where three life-changing events happened in rapid succession. They said that Sunrise offered them one month’s severance pay and has agreed to continue their healthcare benefits, something they’re grateful for as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
"We knew there was a critical period of time after each election where agendas are set and groups can influence" the debate, Weber said. On February 26, 2019, Sunrise organized a nationwide “day of action” to advocate for the Green New Deal legislation. For example, at the top of a republished article, a sentence like this should be included: This article was originally published on, If you’re republishing online, you have to link to us and to include all of the links from our story, as well as the code for our, You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. One of those to sign on is California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), who headlined a press conference Friday on the steps of the Capitol in support of the deal.
“Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” Letter to U.S. Congress. That movement burst into view with a surprise protest Nov. 13 outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next speaker of the House (Climatewire, Nov. 14).
The climate movement must be part of the emerging political revolution that is taking on the billionaire class from many angles. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This is so exciting. And, finally, if we elect people who only care about the climate crisis in name, but are unwilling to stand up to the fossil fuel industry in practice, we’ll also lose. Archived: U.S. This is not conjecture. No justice, no sleep! Much of our foundational frameworks for Sunrise came from the Momentum model, which is a hybrid of mass protest and structure-based organizing, as described in Paul and Mark Engler’s book, “This Is an Uprising.” From there, we improvised and pulled together thinking from different parts of the left, especially after the election. You may have heard some rumblings about a Sunrise book being in the works. The Sunrise Movement backed Ocasio-Cortez in her upset primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2015, Jaye was in Paris that winter for the international climate summit, where she led a youth contingent pushing to zero out fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Both came from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network, whose goal was to pressure universities and other institutions to divest from the oil and gas industry — often in a public fashion akin to the protest outside Pelosi's office. The timing of the protest wasn't an accident. Are we winning?
Most significant was the death of his father his freshman year, who suffered a heart attack as he was riding a bike. Food and land use need to become central, if we are to move from division, and confront our me me me! But Curbelo will be gone when the new Congress begins.
Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement. [44], Sunrise Movement’s 2017 Form 990-EZ (an abridged version for nonprofits with small nonprofits) was obtained by the Capital Research Center in March 2019 is available here. Sunrise's protests elevated climate ahead of the new Congress, winning a thumbs-up from Pelosi, but the group quickly ran into the hard realities of the Democratic caucus. The next was his participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, which held the public's attention for about a month as protesters tried to raise awareness about income inequality. Photo credit: Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement, Dyanna Jaye. Sunrise Movement launches first wave of Congressional primary….
However, Singh said that Sunrise did not extend those same benefits to their now-former domestic partner, despite it being “standard practice in non-profits” to do so. So we must merge electoral organizing with creative protest to build, alongside others, a political force great enough to win. So the thought was, "What if we do an action in D.C. the week after the election before anyone else is ready to move?". "It had the flash-in-the-pan moment, but there wasn't a clear direction of where the movement could go," Weber said. Donating monthly or signing up to do a #ShineALight event, or getting on an online orientation training are great ways to start. The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Weber left Hawaii to attend college at Wesleyan University, where three life-changing events happened in rapid succession. They said that Sunrise offered them one month’s severance pay and has agreed to continue their healthcare benefits, something they’re grateful for as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
"We knew there was a critical period of time after each election where agendas are set and groups can influence" the debate, Weber said. On February 26, 2019, Sunrise organized a nationwide “day of action” to advocate for the Green New Deal legislation. For example, at the top of a republished article, a sentence like this should be included: This article was originally published on, If you’re republishing online, you have to link to us and to include all of the links from our story, as well as the code for our, You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. One of those to sign on is California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), who headlined a press conference Friday on the steps of the Capitol in support of the deal.
“Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” Letter to U.S. Congress. That movement burst into view with a surprise protest Nov. 13 outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next speaker of the House (Climatewire, Nov. 14).
The climate movement must be part of the emerging political revolution that is taking on the billionaire class from many angles. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This is so exciting. And, finally, if we elect people who only care about the climate crisis in name, but are unwilling to stand up to the fossil fuel industry in practice, we’ll also lose. Archived: U.S. This is not conjecture. No justice, no sleep! Much of our foundational frameworks for Sunrise came from the Momentum model, which is a hybrid of mass protest and structure-based organizing, as described in Paul and Mark Engler’s book, “This Is an Uprising.” From there, we improvised and pulled together thinking from different parts of the left, especially after the election. You may have heard some rumblings about a Sunrise book being in the works. The Sunrise Movement backed Ocasio-Cortez in her upset primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2015, Jaye was in Paris that winter for the international climate summit, where she led a youth contingent pushing to zero out fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Both came from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network, whose goal was to pressure universities and other institutions to divest from the oil and gas industry — often in a public fashion akin to the protest outside Pelosi's office. The timing of the protest wasn't an accident. Are we winning?
Most significant was the death of his father his freshman year, who suffered a heart attack as he was riding a bike. Food and land use need to become central, if we are to move from division, and confront our me me me! But Curbelo will be gone when the new Congress begins.
Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement. [44], Sunrise Movement’s 2017 Form 990-EZ (an abridged version for nonprofits with small nonprofits) was obtained by the Capital Research Center in March 2019 is available here. Sunrise's protests elevated climate ahead of the new Congress, winning a thumbs-up from Pelosi, but the group quickly ran into the hard realities of the Democratic caucus. The next was his participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, which held the public's attention for about a month as protesters tried to raise awareness about income inequality. Photo credit: Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement, Dyanna Jaye. Sunrise Movement launches first wave of Congressional primary….
However, Singh said that Sunrise did not extend those same benefits to their now-former domestic partner, despite it being “standard practice in non-profits” to do so. So we must merge electoral organizing with creative protest to build, alongside others, a political force great enough to win. So the thought was, "What if we do an action in D.C. the week after the election before anyone else is ready to move?". "It had the flash-in-the-pan moment, but there wasn't a clear direction of where the movement could go," Weber said. Donating monthly or signing up to do a #ShineALight event, or getting on an online orientation training are great ways to start. The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Weber left Hawaii to attend college at Wesleyan University, where three life-changing events happened in rapid succession. They said that Sunrise offered them one month’s severance pay and has agreed to continue their healthcare benefits, something they’re grateful for as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
"We knew there was a critical period of time after each election where agendas are set and groups can influence" the debate, Weber said. On February 26, 2019, Sunrise organized a nationwide “day of action” to advocate for the Green New Deal legislation. For example, at the top of a republished article, a sentence like this should be included: This article was originally published on, If you’re republishing online, you have to link to us and to include all of the links from our story, as well as the code for our, You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. One of those to sign on is California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), who headlined a press conference Friday on the steps of the Capitol in support of the deal.
“Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” Letter to U.S. Congress. That movement burst into view with a surprise protest Nov. 13 outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next speaker of the House (Climatewire, Nov. 14).
The climate movement must be part of the emerging political revolution that is taking on the billionaire class from many angles. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This is so exciting. And, finally, if we elect people who only care about the climate crisis in name, but are unwilling to stand up to the fossil fuel industry in practice, we’ll also lose. Archived: U.S. This is not conjecture. No justice, no sleep! Much of our foundational frameworks for Sunrise came from the Momentum model, which is a hybrid of mass protest and structure-based organizing, as described in Paul and Mark Engler’s book, “This Is an Uprising.” From there, we improvised and pulled together thinking from different parts of the left, especially after the election. You may have heard some rumblings about a Sunrise book being in the works. The Sunrise Movement backed Ocasio-Cortez in her upset primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2015, Jaye was in Paris that winter for the international climate summit, where she led a youth contingent pushing to zero out fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Both came from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network, whose goal was to pressure universities and other institutions to divest from the oil and gas industry — often in a public fashion akin to the protest outside Pelosi's office. The timing of the protest wasn't an accident. Are we winning?
Most significant was the death of his father his freshman year, who suffered a heart attack as he was riding a bike. Food and land use need to become central, if we are to move from division, and confront our me me me! But Curbelo will be gone when the new Congress begins.
Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement. [44], Sunrise Movement’s 2017 Form 990-EZ (an abridged version for nonprofits with small nonprofits) was obtained by the Capital Research Center in March 2019 is available here. Sunrise's protests elevated climate ahead of the new Congress, winning a thumbs-up from Pelosi, but the group quickly ran into the hard realities of the Democratic caucus. The next was his participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, which held the public's attention for about a month as protesters tried to raise awareness about income inequality. Photo credit: Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement, Dyanna Jaye. Sunrise Movement launches first wave of Congressional primary….
However, Singh said that Sunrise did not extend those same benefits to their now-former domestic partner, despite it being “standard practice in non-profits” to do so. So we must merge electoral organizing with creative protest to build, alongside others, a political force great enough to win. So the thought was, "What if we do an action in D.C. the week after the election before anyone else is ready to move?". "It had the flash-in-the-pan moment, but there wasn't a clear direction of where the movement could go," Weber said. Donating monthly or signing up to do a #ShineALight event, or getting on an online orientation training are great ways to start. The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Weber left Hawaii to attend college at Wesleyan University, where three life-changing events happened in rapid succession. They said that Sunrise offered them one month’s severance pay and has agreed to continue their healthcare benefits, something they’re grateful for as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
"We knew there was a critical period of time after each election where agendas are set and groups can influence" the debate, Weber said. On February 26, 2019, Sunrise organized a nationwide “day of action” to advocate for the Green New Deal legislation. For example, at the top of a republished article, a sentence like this should be included: This article was originally published on, If you’re republishing online, you have to link to us and to include all of the links from our story, as well as the code for our, You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. One of those to sign on is California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), who headlined a press conference Friday on the steps of the Capitol in support of the deal.
“Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” Letter to U.S. Congress. That movement burst into view with a surprise protest Nov. 13 outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next speaker of the House (Climatewire, Nov. 14).
The climate movement must be part of the emerging political revolution that is taking on the billionaire class from many angles. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This is so exciting. And, finally, if we elect people who only care about the climate crisis in name, but are unwilling to stand up to the fossil fuel industry in practice, we’ll also lose. Archived: U.S. This is not conjecture. No justice, no sleep! Much of our foundational frameworks for Sunrise came from the Momentum model, which is a hybrid of mass protest and structure-based organizing, as described in Paul and Mark Engler’s book, “This Is an Uprising.” From there, we improvised and pulled together thinking from different parts of the left, especially after the election. You may have heard some rumblings about a Sunrise book being in the works. The Sunrise Movement backed Ocasio-Cortez in her upset primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2015, Jaye was in Paris that winter for the international climate summit, where she led a youth contingent pushing to zero out fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Both came from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network, whose goal was to pressure universities and other institutions to divest from the oil and gas industry — often in a public fashion akin to the protest outside Pelosi's office. The timing of the protest wasn't an accident. Are we winning?
Most significant was the death of his father his freshman year, who suffered a heart attack as he was riding a bike. Food and land use need to become central, if we are to move from division, and confront our me me me! But Curbelo will be gone when the new Congress begins.
Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement. [44], Sunrise Movement’s 2017 Form 990-EZ (an abridged version for nonprofits with small nonprofits) was obtained by the Capital Research Center in March 2019 is available here. Sunrise's protests elevated climate ahead of the new Congress, winning a thumbs-up from Pelosi, but the group quickly ran into the hard realities of the Democratic caucus. The next was his participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, which held the public's attention for about a month as protesters tried to raise awareness about income inequality. Photo credit: Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement, Dyanna Jaye. Sunrise Movement launches first wave of Congressional primary….
However, Singh said that Sunrise did not extend those same benefits to their now-former domestic partner, despite it being “standard practice in non-profits” to do so. So we must merge electoral organizing with creative protest to build, alongside others, a political force great enough to win. So the thought was, "What if we do an action in D.C. the week after the election before anyone else is ready to move?". "It had the flash-in-the-pan moment, but there wasn't a clear direction of where the movement could go," Weber said. Donating monthly or signing up to do a #ShineALight event, or getting on an online orientation training are great ways to start. The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Weber left Hawaii to attend college at Wesleyan University, where three life-changing events happened in rapid succession. They said that Sunrise offered them one month’s severance pay and has agreed to continue their healthcare benefits, something they’re grateful for as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
"We knew there was a critical period of time after each election where agendas are set and groups can influence" the debate, Weber said. On February 26, 2019, Sunrise organized a nationwide “day of action” to advocate for the Green New Deal legislation. For example, at the top of a republished article, a sentence like this should be included: This article was originally published on, If you’re republishing online, you have to link to us and to include all of the links from our story, as well as the code for our, You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. One of those to sign on is California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), who headlined a press conference Friday on the steps of the Capitol in support of the deal.
“Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” Letter to U.S. Congress. That movement burst into view with a surprise protest Nov. 13 outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next speaker of the House (Climatewire, Nov. 14).
The climate movement must be part of the emerging political revolution that is taking on the billionaire class from many angles. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This is so exciting. And, finally, if we elect people who only care about the climate crisis in name, but are unwilling to stand up to the fossil fuel industry in practice, we’ll also lose. Archived: U.S. This is not conjecture. No justice, no sleep! Much of our foundational frameworks for Sunrise came from the Momentum model, which is a hybrid of mass protest and structure-based organizing, as described in Paul and Mark Engler’s book, “This Is an Uprising.” From there, we improvised and pulled together thinking from different parts of the left, especially after the election. You may have heard some rumblings about a Sunrise book being in the works. The Sunrise Movement backed Ocasio-Cortez in her upset primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2015, Jaye was in Paris that winter for the international climate summit, where she led a youth contingent pushing to zero out fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Both came from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network, whose goal was to pressure universities and other institutions to divest from the oil and gas industry — often in a public fashion akin to the protest outside Pelosi's office. The timing of the protest wasn't an accident. Are we winning?
Some question the wisdom in targeting Pelosi. This led to the creation of the U.S. About this time, the two friends began pursuing separate avenues of activism. This will happen when a candidate does not meet our standards for endorsement (e.g. Sorry for the late response, Jay. Climate Plan Inc.). One group of climate activists is seeking to change all that. We prefer with a note at the top of the article that says it originally appeared on Waging Nonviolence with a link back to the original page where it appeared. Both Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), likely the next chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who's poised to lead the Natural Resources Committee, question the wisdom in giving lawmaking authority to a new committee, a key Sunrise position. Paul Bledsoe, an energy fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute who worked on climate change in the Clinton White House, said Sunrise should look to integrate climate concerns into party priorities across the board over the next two years. It’s up to movement leaders to find meaningful and impactful ways for all these people to participate. One of the justifications Trump gave for pulling out of the Paris Agreement was that he was going to help Americans, saying in his withdraw speech that he was doing that because “he was elected by the voters of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” Of course, Pittsburgh voted for Hillary Clinton by a huge margin, and its Mayor Bill Peduto has committed to follow the Paris Agreement. "We want to bring that to the halls of Congress.". If the book is successful, it will move the needle on giving our movement more visibility, strengthen support around the Green New Deal, and build a deeper understanding in the public of the struggle ahead. February 14, 2019. Our strategy follows a simple pattern over the next four years, through the 2020 election: disrupt, vote, disrupt, vote. We’re building a group of staff and volunteers to help hubs center justice and equity. We had had a plan to focus on building popular support for climate change, anticipating that a Democratic president would be pushed to take action on climate if a majority of Americans wanted it and made enough noise. Matthews, Mark K., Nick Bowlin, and Benjamin Hulac. "We didn't have a 'Green New Deal' specifically," he said. Sunrise (2017). Now, in keeping with her dying wish, the mob will use the fresh corpse of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to try to bully Republicans into submission over President Donald Trump's rightful Supreme Court nomination. “I was let go based on not being up to standards,” Singh said. [34], In March 2020, Sunrise announced it would be starting an online training program called “the Sunrise School.” Starting officially on March 23, the program will release a series of training courses to teach students and attendees on how to organize and push for a Green New Deal during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its officials said they have about 16 full-time staff and that they've raised about $1 million since its founding. Accessed February 26, 2019. “Climate Activists Turn Up the Heat on NY Gov. You with us? Dyanna Jaye. More than that though is Weber's belief in the way the Sunrise Movement is trying to convince Congress to undertake a massive program to fight global warming — in the same way that former President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the New Deal to combat the Great Depression. You can’t republish any other images without specific permission. For Weber, that included networking with other environmentalists, like those involved in efforts to get universities and other institutions to divest from fossil fuel. All proceeds go to the fight for our water, air and home. [35] One of its first courses, titled “Crash Course: Coronavirus and Green New Deal,” would specifically focus on discussing what the Green New Deal is and how it “fits into the coronavirus crisis.” [36] In addition, the program will be releasing similar training programs throughout March and April to discuss other topics such as climate change, skill workshops, and how to continue organizing and growing movements online to advocate for similar legislation.
Most significant was the death of his father his freshman year, who suffered a heart attack as he was riding a bike. Food and land use need to become central, if we are to move from division, and confront our me me me! But Curbelo will be gone when the new Congress begins.
Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement. [44], Sunrise Movement’s 2017 Form 990-EZ (an abridged version for nonprofits with small nonprofits) was obtained by the Capital Research Center in March 2019 is available here. Sunrise's protests elevated climate ahead of the new Congress, winning a thumbs-up from Pelosi, but the group quickly ran into the hard realities of the Democratic caucus. The next was his participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011, which held the public's attention for about a month as protesters tried to raise awareness about income inequality. Photo credit: Isabel Bottoms/Sunrise Movement, Dyanna Jaye. Sunrise Movement launches first wave of Congressional primary….
However, Singh said that Sunrise did not extend those same benefits to their now-former domestic partner, despite it being “standard practice in non-profits” to do so. So we must merge electoral organizing with creative protest to build, alongside others, a political force great enough to win. So the thought was, "What if we do an action in D.C. the week after the election before anyone else is ready to move?". "It had the flash-in-the-pan moment, but there wasn't a clear direction of where the movement could go," Weber said. Donating monthly or signing up to do a #ShineALight event, or getting on an online orientation training are great ways to start. The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Weber attended Wesleyan University with Matthew Lichtash, who was studying environmental policy. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Weber left Hawaii to attend college at Wesleyan University, where three life-changing events happened in rapid succession. They said that Sunrise offered them one month’s severance pay and has agreed to continue their healthcare benefits, something they’re grateful for as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
"We knew there was a critical period of time after each election where agendas are set and groups can influence" the debate, Weber said. On February 26, 2019, Sunrise organized a nationwide “day of action” to advocate for the Green New Deal legislation. For example, at the top of a republished article, a sentence like this should be included: This article was originally published on, If you’re republishing online, you have to link to us and to include all of the links from our story, as well as the code for our, You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. One of those to sign on is California Rep. Ro Khanna (D), who headlined a press conference Friday on the steps of the Capitol in support of the deal.
“Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” Letter to U.S. Congress. That movement burst into view with a surprise protest Nov. 13 outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next speaker of the House (Climatewire, Nov. 14).
The climate movement must be part of the emerging political revolution that is taking on the billionaire class from many angles. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This is so exciting. And, finally, if we elect people who only care about the climate crisis in name, but are unwilling to stand up to the fossil fuel industry in practice, we’ll also lose. Archived: U.S. This is not conjecture. No justice, no sleep! Much of our foundational frameworks for Sunrise came from the Momentum model, which is a hybrid of mass protest and structure-based organizing, as described in Paul and Mark Engler’s book, “This Is an Uprising.” From there, we improvised and pulled together thinking from different parts of the left, especially after the election. You may have heard some rumblings about a Sunrise book being in the works. The Sunrise Movement backed Ocasio-Cortez in her upset primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2015, Jaye was in Paris that winter for the international climate summit, where she led a youth contingent pushing to zero out fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Both came from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network, whose goal was to pressure universities and other institutions to divest from the oil and gas industry — often in a public fashion akin to the protest outside Pelosi's office. The timing of the protest wasn't an accident. Are we winning?
