John—

I'm writing today to ask you to make a $10 contribution to the Sunrise Movement.

I'll explain more in just a moment, but if you're ready to make that contribution now, please, use this link to make a year-end donation to the Sunrise Movement and support their efforts in our collective struggle for climate justice.

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Here's why this request is so important, John — especially today.

When we talk about the existential threat of climate change, we are talking about more floods, more rising sea levels, more extreme weather, more ocean acidification, more drought, more famine, more disease, and more human suffering.

We are talking about social unrest, worsening refugee crises, substantial increases in disease and starvation, and substantial decreases in standards of living across the globe.

We are talking about cities across the world — New York, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New Orleans — either at chronic risk of flooding or becoming entirely uninhabitable.

But when it comes to addressing the crisis, I have been told that bold action to avert the climate crisis is 'too expensive,' or that it's 'too radical’. I disagree — and I’m so glad Sunrise does too.

From day one, Sunrise Movement has had the courage to demand that we think big when it comes to addressing the climate crisis — and has never stopped or slowed down.

They've already accomplished incredible things to change the course of our country in just the past few years — building a massive young, multi-racial, and working class movement that’s ready to stop climate change with real, transformational policies like a Green New Deal. No compromise, no crumbs, no half measures, no matter what.

For the sake of our children, our grandchildren and future generations we have got to make it clear to the fossil fuel industry that their short-term profits are not more important than the future of our planet. We must continue the battle to get Big Oil out of our democracy and win a Green New Deal for all of us.

Fossil fuel CEOs and their backers in Congress haven’t seen the kind of energy and pressure that Sunrise brings to the climate fight in a long time. And while they’ve got the money, the writing is on the wall: The status quo on climate action — doing nothing — just isn’t working anymore. The people demand more. The people demand justice.

But here’s the truth: the year-round organizing that Sunrise engages in every day takes serious resources. And if 2022 has taught us anything, it’s that we cannot relent, not even for a moment. We cannot go too far, be too aggressive, or hold back on the issue of climate change and our planet’s future.

It's going to take an unprecedented effort from all of us to address this crisis. That's why I'm asking you today:

Will you join me in supporting Sunrise by making a $10 contribution so they can reach their end-of-year fundraising goal of 5,000 new donors? Every new donor will help grow the movement to advance bold climate action and a Green New Deal.

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Real change never takes place from the top on down — it only happens when millions of people stand together and fight for it, and the Sunrise Movement understands that.

Thank you for being a part of our movement, and for adding your support today if you can.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders