T-Bone, Sunrise · [email protected]

June 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM

Update on Delaney Hall hunger strike

Dear John, My name is T-Bone, a core leader of Sunrise New York City. We have been outside Delaney Hall since the hunger strike began, standing in solidarity with detainees to demand an end to the torturous conditions inside, and since I’ve been on the ground, lots of people have been asking me w…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

June 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM

Can we pull off another upset?

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Earlier this week, incumbent Representative Adriano Espaillat refused to answer whether he would accept AIPAC spending on his behalf. It's the kind of question politicians should be able to answer. But too many elected officials, including Espaillat, …

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  Varsha, Sunrise · [email protected]

June 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM

Pride started as resistance

Hi John, Pride Month wasn’t a celebration when it started. It began as an uprising led by queer people who fought back against a system that criminalized their existence. And that fight is not over. The right to love who you love has always been connected to the right to live safely in your ow…

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  Denae, Sunrise · [email protected]

June 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM

The wins keep coming 🔥

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, My name is Denae, and I help lead Sunrise's 2026 electoral work. I spent a lot of the last few months looking at campaign plans, organizing voter outreach, talking with candidates, and figuring out how we can help elect leaders who will actually fight…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

May 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM

You’re invited: Inside strategy call with candidates + organizers

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Want an inside look at the strategy behind building a party for working people, and what it actually takes to win elections right now? Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5/27, we're coming together for a strategy call on our plans to get this done. RSVP to join …

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

May 22, 2026 at 10:09 PM

How to Take Over the Democratic Party

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Something is shifting in the Democratic Party. Across the country, young people and working people are challenging the idea that corporate donors, political insiders, and billionaires get to decide who represents us and what we fight for. And they’re …

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  Sultan, Sunrise · [email protected]

May 20, 2026 at 3:31 AM

WE WON. This is just the beginning.

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, WE WON. As Chris Rabb said tonight: “Many people told me this wasn’t possible. Tonight we showed that the many can beat the money.” I was at Chris Rabb’s election party tonight, and I know this is just the beginning. The energy in Philly was electric.…

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  Sultan, Sunrise · [email protected]

May 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM

There’s something happening in Philly

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Sunrise is out in full force in the final stretch before Election Day. Right now, Sunrisers are joining the hundreds of volunteers on the ground in Philly knocking doors, talking to voters, and working polling locations across Philadelphia to help elect …

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  Allyson, Sunrise · [email protected]

May 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM

Did you see? We did it.

Hi John, We promised you we’d shut it down for May Day, and we weren’t lying! Sunrise members were everywhere yesterday, pulling off the most successful coordinated day of action in our movement’s history. You don’t hear from me much. My name is Allyson, and I’m Sunrise’s Digital Director, whi…

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

May 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM

The start of something new

Hi John, Today’s May Day is a historic moment. The scale is huge. Well over a million people will strike from school or work and disrupt business as usual in the streets in 3000 towns and cities. But, that’s not what I think matters the most. Today marks a turning point for how progressive movemen…

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  Lucy, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM

It's begun.

Hi John, Right now, I’m surrounded by hundreds of students and workers inside of the President's office at Portland State University. PSU’s president is threatening mass layoffs, suppressing anti-ICE speech, and raising tuition, all while making $700,000/year. So we’re here to shut it down. An…

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  Will Lawrence via Sunrise · [email protected]

April 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM

I co-founded Sunrise, now I’m running for Congress

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, My name is Will Lawrence. This is an email about how I went from launching Sunrise to running for Congress. In 2017, I helped found Sunrise because bought-out politicians weren’t taking the climate crisis seriously because they were too busy raising m…

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  Lou, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 27, 2026 at 7:51 PM

Something big is coming to NYC on May Day

Hey there John, Wow. May Day is this Friday, and in New York City, we’re cooking up something BIG. I'm excited for you to see it. Without giving away too many details… we’re planning epic actions in the heart of NYC to disrupt business as usual and show the billionaire class that their power o…

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  Liana, Sunrise DC · [email protected]

April 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM

💪 Rally and Strike with us this MAY DAY

Hi John, …

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM

Arrested → Congress?

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, it's Aru. This moment demands defiance. That’s why I’m proud to announce our endorsement of three New York City candidates who have embodied it as leaders. All three have stood arm-in-arm with Sunrise volunteers to protest ICE, genocide, and Big Oil (and…

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  Varsha, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM

Earth Day's real legacy

Dear John, Earth Day wasn’t a celebration when it started. It began as an uprising. And this year, Sunrise is continuing the legacy — but we need your help. In 1970, 20 million students and workers walked out of their classrooms and workspaces to demand an end to the ravaging of the planet by …

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM

Join Bernie, Sunrise, and labor leaders to prepare for May Day

Dear John, It’s my pleasure to invite you to a special event this Wednesday: please join Sunrise Movement, labor leaders, and Senator Bernie Sanders for a mass call where we’ll learn how students and workers are preparing for mass action on May Day — and how you can plug in. Will you RSVP now …

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM

The power we built together is growing

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, it's Aru. Today, we are proud to re-endorse our incumbents, the candidates we helped elect who are now carrying our movement into the halls of power and fighting for working people every day. To keep building and expanding this power, can you chip in toda…

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM

Trump’s terrifying escalations

Dear John, Yesterday, Trump threatened to commit genocide with nuclear weapons. It’s horrifying, and it’s reminding me of how critically urgent it is for movements to band together and oppose fascism. There can be no Green New Deal under a regime willing to drop nukes for oil. This is an all-h…

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  Carly, Sunrise · [email protected]

April 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM

This Passover, I'm thinking about

Dear John, As Passover begins tonight, I’ve been thinking about what this holiday actually asks of me. Passover is a story about liberation. It is about people rising up and refusing to accept a world built on their suffering. And it’s not just history: this year, it’s a reminder that I needed…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

March 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM

AIPAC just picked its next race

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, AIPAC spent more than $20 million trying to shape elections in Illinois. Now they’ve set their sights on the next race, but this race is still ours to win if we act now. Chris Rabb is running for Congress in the bluest district in the country, Pennsyl…

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  Nicole Shea, Sunrise · [email protected]

March 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM

I confronted my member of Congress

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, it's Nicole Shea, an organizer with Sunrise Movement Denver. I recently confronted Rep. Diana DeGette at a public meet-and-greet. I asked why she wouldn’t back a law to limit weapons transfers to Israel. Her answer was more than disappointing; it was a w…

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

March 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM

Saturday is an important milestone.

Dear John, I’ll cut to the chase. No Kings is this Saturday, and it’s important that you show up. Before anything else, sign up here to RSVP for No Kings this Saturday. We need you in the streets, and this is the first step to make sure you’re counted. [[link removed]] Now, here are my top …

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

March 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM

We have the money to stop climate change

Dear John, We have the money to stop climate change. Yesterday marked 25 days of Trump’s illegal war in Iran and $27 billion torched on needless violence. Here are some Green New Deal programs that would also cost ~$27B: * A massive climate jobs program on the scale of the New Deal’s Civilian…

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

March 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM

Wounded beasts are the most dangerous

Dear John, With the economy tanking, gas prices rising, and Americans getting murdered in the streets, it’s no secret that Donald Trump’s approval rating is in the toilet. Under a democracy, this should lead a president to change course, lest his party get thrashed in the upcoming midterm electio…

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  Avi, Sunrise Chicago · [email protected]

March 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM

I’ll be honest...

Hi John, Today, Chicago voters were arrested outside AIPAC’s Chicago headquarters. They showed up with a simple demand: explain the millions of dollars flooding our elections. Instead of answering questions, AIPAC staff locked the doors and called the police. [link removed] [[link remove…

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  Denae, Sunrise · [email protected]

March 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM

I talked to a young voter in Chicago

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, it's Denae with Sunrise Movement. This weekend, I talked to a voter in Chicago who told me they were 10 years old when Donald Trump became president in 2016. For them, politics has always felt like something decided by politicians who have no idea what yo…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

March 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Arrested outside AIPAC’s office

Hi John, Today, Chicago voters were arrested outside AIPAC’s Chicago headquarters. They showed up with a simple demand: explain the millions of dollars flooding our elections. Instead of answering questions, AIPAC staff locked the doors and called the police. [link removed] [[link remove…

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  Varsha via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

March 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM

A boycott that’s worth your time

Hi John, it's Varsha. We’re boycotting Hilton because they’re housing ICE, and I want to bring you into the strategy behind why we chose this campaign. Before choosing Hilton as our target, we looked to history to learn what makes a boycott successful. We found that these questions matter most…

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  Katie, Sunrise · [email protected]

March 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM

I just had a conversation that changed someone’s mind

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, It's Katie, Field Director for Sunrise Movement. This week, I was phonebanking for Junaid Ahmed, an anti-war candidate in Illinois who’s up against millions of dollars from AIPAC and other corporate interests. Someone picked up the phone and told me f…

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  Kidus · [email protected]

March 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM

Are you kidding me?

[link removed] [[link removed]] Last night, news broke that a faction of corporate Democrats are open to giving Trump NEW funding for his illegal war of aggression against Iran. [link removed] [[link removed]] John, this is ridiculous. 75% of Americans don’t want this war, and Democrats’ base…

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

March 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM

A new era is here. Join our mass call tonight.

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hi John, it's Aru, Last night's elections made one thing clear: we are entering a new era in the Democratic Party. Across the country, progressives showed they can compete even in the face of overwhelming corporate and dark-money spending. But change doesn’t ha…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

March 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM

The pro-war consensus is cracking.

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hi John, it's Aru, In a moment, I’m going to invite you to join me tomorrow night for a mass call with anti-war movement leaders about how to end bipartisan support for endless wars. [[link removed]] But first, I want to share from the heart. The first nightmar…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

March 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM

We need Democrats who will stop this war

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Donald Trump is launching an illegal, reckless war with Iran. Majorities of people in BOTH parties oppose this war. But politicians in both parties are applauding him. Why? Money. AIPAC and weapons manufacturers have spent millions to elect their pet …

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  Victoria via Sunrise · [email protected]

February 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM

Big Tech is trying to buy this race

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, My name is Victoria, and I’m a student here in North Carolina. For months, I’ve been organizing on the ground for Nida Allam, knocking doors, talking to other students, and calling voters about what’s at stake in this race. And now, Big Tech is trying…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

February 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM

One week left to elect Nida Allam

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Walmart. Lockheed Martin. Anthropic AI. Goldman Sachs. Blue Origin. These are just a few of the corporations backing incumbent Congresswoman Valerie Foushee in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District. We don’t need more “Democrats” in Congress …

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

February 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM

Merch drop

Hi John, it's Aru. All across the country, we’re making sure that ICE agents don’t get a good night's sleep by making a ruckus outside their hotels in the middle of the night. We’re wide awake and now so is ICE. Get your own Wide Awake T-shirt, bandana, or sticker pack today. You’ll support our wo…

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  Denae, Sunrise · [email protected]

February 20, 2026 at 10:11 PM

The Texas race everyone should be watching

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, Everyone is talking about who should win the Texas Senate Democratic primary. But there is another critical race in Texas: the one to replace Jasmine Crockett in Congress. As a Texan helping lead Sunrise Movement’s electoral team this year, I am so ex…

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  Varsha, Sunrise · [email protected]

February 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM

Letter from an Immigrant

Hi John! It's Varsha, In July 2017, I became a citizen and as I walked out of the naturalization ceremony I remember feeling hopeful and proud, despite the excesses and horrors of the first Trump administration. nearly a decade later, as an immigrant living in the Twin Cities, life is a little eer…

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  Megan via Sunrise Twin Cities · [email protected]

February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM

A huge thank you from Minneapolis

Hi John, it's Megan from Sunrise Twin Cities. Minneapolis has been occupied for months. ICE agents drive around in oversized rental cars busting down doors, ramming cars off the road and leaving them there, and kidnapping our loved ones and neighbors in front of our eyes. I’ve seen incredible …

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

February 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM

My interview with Ari Melber

Hi John, it's Aru. Last night, I joined Ari Melber on MS Now to talk about how Sunrise is fighting back against ICE’s violent crackdown in my hometown of Minneapolis and why this moment demands all of us step up. What we are seeing right now is unlike anything most of us have ever seen in our …

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  Paul, Sunrise · [email protected]

January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM

2,000 of you showed up to elect fighters

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, it's Paul, Sunrise's Deputy Campaigns Director. Wow. This week, over 2,000 of us came together on our mass call to hear how we will organize and what’s at stake in the months ahead. People are fired up. And for good reason. We heard from Kat Abugha…

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  Carly via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

January 28, 2026 at 11:34 PM

Why is a climate movement organizing against ICE?

Hi John, it's Carly, Creative Organizer with Sunrise. You may have seen Sunrise Movement taking action against Hilton Hotels for housing ICE officers and wondered why a youth climate movement is getting involved in this fight. The short answer is this: corporate greed. As a youth climate mo…

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM

Thank a Minneapolis organizer today

Hi John, it's Aru. Just yesterday, I told you what our Minneapolis hub has been up to over the last two months: turning the pressure up to get the armed thugs of ICE off of our streets. They’re fighting for the responsive, representative democracy we need to have a chance at passing decisive climat…

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

January 26, 2026 at 9:23 PM

This is a moment for the history books

Hi John, it's Aru. I was recently interviewed for Jacobin, and I wanted to share some of those words with you, and then ask you to get involved. This might be THE most critical moment for our future. But first, please sign up for our mass call on Wednesday January 28th. [[link removed]] [link…

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  Aru via Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

January 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM

ICE is an out of control gestapo

Hi John, it's Aru. ICE just shot and killed another US citizen here in Minneapolis. I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to forget the footage. They tackled him to the ground, maybe 5 or 6 of them, then shot him in the head. Sunrise Minneapolis has been hosting Wide Awake protests at hotels …

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  Carly, Sunrise · [email protected]

January 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM

We just trained hundreds of students

Hey, it's Carly! I’m at the airport, leaving Orlando after our Student Rise Up training, and I’m still buzzing from the weekend. More than 300 students, workers, and alumni showed up to learn how to organize their campuses and communities. Not in a theoretical way but in a real, practical, how…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

January 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM

Did you hear us on NPR's Up First this morning?

Dear John, Did you hear us on NPR’s Up First this morning? As the show covered the death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent in Minneapolis, they also shared the story of a vigil our community held in her honor. When reporters described …

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

January 9, 2026 at 10:44 PM

These candidates will stand up to ICE

[link removed] [[link removed]] Hey John, This moment demands a choice, and silence is not an option. Earlier this week in Minneapolis, my hometown, a woman was murdered by ICE in cold blood. So we have to ask: Are we on the side of the woman who was executed by ICE in cold blood? Or are we o…

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  Team Sunrise · [email protected]

January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM

The wildest dreams of oil barons

Dear John, It’s no secret. Fossil fuel executives fund American corruption, imperialism, and fascism. Anything for more oil. Peter Singer, a billionaire and a top Trump donor, purchased Citgo (the US based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company) through his investment firm just two …

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