[1]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress



In 2021, Alexandria and Senator Ed Markey proposed a Civilian Climate
Corps — a New Deal-style jobs training program to employ young people in
good-paying, union jobs combating the climate crisis. Naysayers
immediately called the idea ‘unrealistic’.

But yesterday, President Biden made the American Climate Corps a reality
thanks to a massive, inside-outside organizing effort from countless
communities and organizers — including the grassroots, youth-led Sunrise
Movement.

The movement for our climate is beginning to crack the grip of fossil
fuels on our politics. If we can win a Climate Corps by staying persistent
and organized, we can also win a Green New Deal.

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Alexandria and Sunrise Movement's fight for a livable future? Every single
contribution helps leverage our grassroots movement into real policy
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In its first year, the American Climate Corps will employ 20,000 young
people in high-demand skills in the clean energy sector. Inspired by the
Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era infrastructure program
started by FDR that provided jobs for millions, all positions will be paid
and most will not require previous experience.

The program is also designed to invest in and attract participants from
frontline communities disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis.^1

This is a major victory for our movement. But there’s a lot more to be
done.

[ [link removed] ]Ideas like the Climate Corps are called ‘unrealistic’, but we can win a
better world because of every single person who is demanding change. Can
you contribute $5 today so we can keep organizing for a
sustainable planet?



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Whether or not you can contribute today, thank you for being part of this
movement.

In solidarity,

Team AOC

1 - [ [link removed] ]NPR: Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with
echoes of the New Deal


 


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