Hey John, with big primaries AND critical runoff elections coming up for five of our Green New Deal champions — Summer Lee (PA-12), Nida Allam (NC-04), Erica Smith (NC-01), Kina Collins (IL-07) and Jessica Cisneros (TX-28) — it’s down to the wire for our organizing.
That’s why we’re excited to announce our new program: Sponsor a Candidate! And John, we’ve randomly selected you as a potential sponsor of Summer Lee’s race for PA-12.
Read more to find out why we’re supporting Summer, but first, will you chip in $5 to help our efforts to elect Summer?
As an activist and state legislator hailing from Southwestern Pennsylvania, Summer Lee has won sustainable jobs, environmental justice, police accountability, and more for her constituents.
In 2018, Sunrise endorsed her in her State House race and since then has been by her side as she defeated fracking legislation and demanded police accountability. She comes from a city that has been overrun by big polluting corporations, and knows firsthand why we need bold climate action, and what it takes movement power to win.
In Congress, she's ready to fight for a Green New Deal to transition to a 100% clean and renewable energy economy — including ending fracking, which poses a disproportionate threat to communities like hers.
Summer embodies our movement's vision. She has been in the streets with us, and we'll have her back. Together, we can send one of our own to Congress.
This year we aren’t electing politicians. We are electing real people, who are struggling with student loan debt, who understand the depth of the climate crisis, and who are tired of a government for the 1%.
Thank you for standing up for our Green New Deal Champions, John.
Team Sunrise