Emily, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 24, 2019 at 3:07 PM

The backbone of our movement

John, My name is Emily, I’m 22, and I’m writing from Bozeman, Montana. While many of us are taking time off this week as we enter the last week of the year, my friends and I are hitting the phones, asking for donations to start our own Sunrise movement house. And on behalf of …

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 23, 2019 at 4:31 PM

John​, when you first joined Sunrise...

It was summer, and we were fighting for the Democratic National Committee to hold a #ClimateDebate with all the Presidential candidates. They refused, but all our pressure--from our 3-day sit-in at DNC headquarters, to our takeover of their national summ When you first joined …

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  Erin Bridges, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 20, 2019 at 4:11 PM

A Senator from Kentucky

Let's defeat Mitch McConnell. Together. John, My name is Erin. I’m a lifelong Kentuckian, and you know the man talking about. You see him in the headlines every week, wreaking havoc on our democracy and futures with power grabs and political ploys: Mitch McConnell. Earlier t…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 19, 2019 at 8:16 PM

The secret ingredient

We’ve been looking to history, studying past movements that have fought for massive changes to our society--and won. Movements like the mass strikes that led to the original New Deal, and the marches, boycotts, and sit-ins of the civil rights movement. John, Next year, we ar…

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  Jess Abkarian, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 17, 2019 at 5:01 PM

Stop what you’re doing and watch this video.

The stakes in this election couldn't be higher. John, My name’s Jess Abkarian, I’m a 20 year-old member of Sunrise Colorado, and I’m terrified for what the climate crisis means for my future. My state and our country are at a crossroads. Will we continue down the business-as-…

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 17, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Apply to the 2020 Training Fellowship

John, You might’ve gotten my email yesterday about how we’re planning to train 100,000 young people next year. That’s twenty times the number of people we trained this year. So to meet that huge goal, we need to grow our national trainings team. Help us train 100,000 new Sunr…

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 16, 2019 at 7:00 PM

100,000 new leaders

When I think about what we’re trying to pull off next year, I get chills. For me and everyone on my team, training 100,000 people is the biggest thing we’ve ever done, and it honestly feels a little crazy. But we’re setting out to do it because it’s what Hi there, My name is…

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  Evan Weber, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 12, 2019 at 7:47 PM

The Green New Deal's next political test

Our latest Congressional endorsements John, In March of 2020, the Green New Deal will face its next political test — the first round of 2020 Congressional primaries. This will be the first time since we launched the Green New Deal onto the national stage that voters will have…

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  Luis, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 12, 2019 at 12:45 PM

Join us tonight!

John, I wanted to make sure you didn't miss your chance to get looped in on our next big plans following last week's strikes. We're ready to keep up our pressure throughout 2020 until we win a Green New Deal. Come to an open meeting at a Sunrise Hub near you hear about the es…

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  Miles, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 11, 2019 at 7:38 PM

All I want for Christmas...

When I was 6 years old, I asked for a train set, a bow and arrow, a toy tiger. Now at 26, I’m asking for slightly more practical gifts so that our movement has what it needs to fight for young people everywhere. John, It used to be a December mainstay: spending weekends on en…

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  Victoria Fernandez, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 10, 2019 at 8:24 PM

Picture it

Your Grandma on a cozy winter morning, wearing a Sunrise hat. Or your college friends carrying their books in a strike tote. If you give it to them, you know they’ll wear it--and then they’ll have to start talking about it to all their friends. And sudden John, Looking for hol…

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  Aru, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 10, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Learn to be a Sunrise trainer

John, Heading into 2020, we need to grow our movement exponentially. So next year, we’ve set the hugely ambitious goal of training 50,000 new Sunrise leaders through in-person trainings across the country. But to reach that goal, we first need to grow our team of trainers. Th…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 9, 2019 at 3:59 PM

Our first Presidential scores

We released our Green New Deal scorecard results for the three top-polling Democratic Presidential candidates: Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders (and scores for more candidates are on the way soon). John, The scores are in! Last Thursday, we released our Green Ne…

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  Lily, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 8, 2019 at 8:26 PM

Sunrise School

John, Yesterday, I marched in the center of a one-way city street to demand a Green New Deal. As I risked the possibility of arrest, I knew that thousands of young people across the country were doing the same: sitting in at congressional offices, occupying corporate headquart…

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  Luis, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 8, 2019 at 2:31 PM

Your next step

John, This Friday was huge! Sunrisers and our allies across the country carried the power of the September strikes and bumped up the pressure by taking over politicians’ offices in 20 states. Here’s what happened at just a few of 260+ strike events: In South Bend, IN 70+ youn…

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  Harlan, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 6, 2019 at 3:55 PM

Right now

I work at a restaurant as a line cook, and I can’t skip my shift because I just can’t risk losing my job. So instead of striking today, I’m standing with everyone out there who is taking the risk to walk out of school and work by donating an hour’s worth John, My name is Harl…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 6:06 PM

Tomorrow, we strike

John, Tomorrow is strike day. Across the country, thousands of young people will be walking out of school and work and staging rallies, sit-ins, banner drops, and office takeovers to demand that politicians everywhere champion the Green New Deal. We’ll be striking in over 260…

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  Ahmed, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 9:23 PM

Our first step in 2020

We’re launching a ten-state field program to elect Green New Deal champions in 2020. In Wisconsin, Michigan, Montana, California, Maine, Georgia, Iowa, New Hampshire, and Colorado, State Directors will lead teams of organizers in campaigns to replace esta John, As 2020 approa…

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  Erin, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 1:05 AM

We're so close

John, This morning, we set a Giving Tuesday goal to get 500 new monthly donors today. So far, 407 have chipped in! We’re getting close--but we still need 93 more. There's just a few more hours to push us over the edge of our goal: Can you chip in to get us the rest of the wa…

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  Erin, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 6:54 PM

Can you be one of the 500?

Last week, the UN released another terrifying climate report. Scientists say that we need to cut down global emissions by at least 55% in the next 10 years to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. But right now, we’re not even close to be John, Today we launc…

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  Matthew, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 2:35 PM

Today

We can do so much more together than any one of us can do alone. John, Today is Giving Tuesday, and you’re probably getting dozens of emails from organizations raising money this December season -- and it’s true, Sunrise is trying to recruit 500 new monthly new donors today al…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 2, 2019 at 6:59 PM

Impossible to ignore

In Los Angeles, CA, Sunrisers dropped five banners this morning over highway 110 that runs right through downtown, calling people to join them in striking for a Green New Deal on Friday. John, This Friday, young people are going on strike in 260 cities across the country: …

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  Erin, Sunrise · [email protected]

December 1, 2019 at 2:02 PM

Over half our yearly budget

Did you know that organizations like us, that rely on grassroots support to fund our work, raise over half our yearly budget in December alone? That means how much we raise in the coming weeks will determine how ambitious we can be in all of 2020. This Gi John, This Tuesday i…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 28, 2019 at 4:40 PM

Announcing our 2020 Presidential endorsement process

This week, we’re kicking off a democratic process to decide whether Sunrise should make a 2020 Presidential endorsement—and if so, who we should endorse! As a supporter of the movement, we wanted to make sure you know about our process, why we’re initiati John, I know it’s a h…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 6:37 PM

3000 cities

Here in the US, young people across the country will be targeting their local politicians with sit-ins, office takeovers, banner drops, and more. John, This Friday kicks off another week of global climate strikes. All next week, young people in over 3000 cities worldwide will…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 26, 2019 at 5:21 PM

Get your Sunrise gear in time for the strikes! New shirts, stickers, totes, and more

John, A new batch of gear just hit the Sunrise store--just in time to order for strike day! We’ve got new “Organize. Vote. Strike.” shirts, stickers, totes, and more. On strike day, show the world that our movement is everywhere--and you’re a part of it. Check out the newest S…

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  Evan, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 26, 2019 at 1:22 PM

Unacceptable

Last week, a group of construction workers at the NYC solar company Bright Power were fired for organizing to form a union. The workers has been inspired by the vision of the Green New Deal, which would create millions of good, union jobs in their industr John, Last week, a g…

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  Luis, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 7:09 PM

30 minutes or less

John In just two weeks, young people across the country will be striking from school and work and taking over the offices of politicians across the country to demand they champion the Green New Deal. This is our chance to show politicians everywhere that the September strike w…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 1:32 PM

Announcing...

John, This week, Sunrise announced our endorsement of Andrew Romanoff for senate! Romanoff is running to first beat out John Hickenlooper in Colorado’s Democratic primary, and then unseat current Republican Senator Cory Gardner in the general election. Romanoff has served as…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 19, 2019 at 11:09 PM

We're hiring (again!)

A couple dozen people on staff, no matter how many hours we spend behind our computer screens or out canvassing, can’t make that happen. That can only be done by a network of tens of thousands of people, going all-in with Sunrise just by giving whatever y John, Sunrise is hir…

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  Luis, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 5:52 PM

There's a climate strike near you! Join it

Encouraging words won’t protect our lives and futures--only a Green New Deal can do that. So we’re upping the pressure and staging over 150 sit-ins, office takeovers, and banner drops demanding all politicians enthusiastically champion the Green New Deal John, In just three …

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  Lauren, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 14, 2019 at 5:38 PM

Just announced: A Green New Deal for public housing

Right now, America’s public housing is poisoning its residents. Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans live in public housing buildings that expose them to toxic, inhumane conditions. Residents are getting sick because they have asbestos and mold i John, Right now, Ame…

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  Sunrise Movement · [email protected]

November 12, 2019 at 6:40 PM

More than anyone ever expected

It happened when I came across a video. In it, I saw what seemed like hundreds of young people, storming through the halls of Congress, demanding a Green New Deal. They were confronting face-to-face the most powerful Democrat in Washington, Speaker of the John, Tomorrow marks…

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  Vianney, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 11, 2019 at 4:48 PM

Tomorrow the Supreme Court decides my future

I came to the US when I was 1 year old. My dad had already been working in Los Angeles, and my mom and I came to unite our family. I’ve lived in Southern California for as long as I can remember. My whole life is here. John, Tomorrow, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 8, 2019 at 4:50 PM

One month out

This is a critical time for us to strike because 2020 primary season is just about to heat up. That means all the candidates -- from President down to state Representative -- are watching closely to see what voters care about. The issues that make headlin John, We’re just one …

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  Ahmed, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 6, 2019 at 4:52 PM

The Green New Deal’s first test at the ballot box

Yesterday, the Green New Deal got its first test at the ballot box. We won big. In Virginia, the State Democratic Party endorsed the Green New Deal, and candidates across the board campaigned on it and won historic gains, in part because young people tur John, Yesterday, th…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 3, 2019 at 2:37 PM

Where will you be one year from now?

Close your eyes for a moment, and picture that day. In my mind, I’m with friends watching the election results on TV. I’m nervous, but I’m filled with hope. Because it looks like we are actually about to elect a Green New Deal champion to the Presidency. John, Today is exactl…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

November 1, 2019 at 5:08 PM

Can you help us with a new project?

John, Last month, we launched a coaching program to build new strike leaders: 396 young people across the country who are new to Sunrise are getting in-depth support from Sunrise coaches to plan strikes in their communities on Dec 6th--the next nationwide climate strike in th…

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  Claire, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 6:37 PM

My state is on fire

John, I’m from Redwood Valley, California, and right now, my state is on fire. Over 10 wildfires are burning this week. So far, the fires have consumed 90,000 acres of land and forced more than 200,000 people to evacuate from their homes, without knowing what will be left wh…

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  Luis, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 30, 2019 at 3:56 PM

​John​, join us tonight!

As Democratic primary season starts heating up, this will be our chance to show politicians that our generation--which will make up the largest bloc of eligible 2020 voters in the country!--will only stand behind candidates who are serious about championi John, On December 6th…

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  Abby, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 28, 2019 at 7:53 PM

We need to respond now

John, California is on fire. Again. Hundreds of thousands of people are under evacuation orders. Again. Millions will lose power. Again.   We are taking action on Wednesday, October 30th and we need you with us. Can you join? It's been 11 months since I got arrested outside Re…

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  Naina, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 25, 2019 at 3:10 PM

I want you to experience that feeling

John, My name is Naina and I’m 16 years old from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Six months ago, I had never organized an action. But on Sept 20th, I helped organize a strike here in my hometown with 7,500 people! I was able to do it because of the support I got from friends and mentors…

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  Victoria, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 2:33 PM

The GND is about to be on the ballot

On November 5th, media and pundits across the country will be watching Virginia closely. If candidates who run on the Green New Deal win, pundits and politicians everywhere will see that the Green New Deal is an issue that voters rally around. John, The global climate strikes…

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  Victoria Fernandez, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 22, 2019 at 4:23 PM

We didn't do this to earn their praise

As Primary season approaches, show politicians that if they want to earn our support, they need to champion a Green New Deal. John, The next strike big strike date is just around the corner. On December 6th, a coalition of young people across America will join in a national #C…

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  Varshini, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 17, 2019 at 1:19 PM

This is our strategy for the next year

There’s a famous story that when FDR met with civil rights activists who sought his support for bold legislation, he told them: “I agree with you, I want to do it. Now go out and make me do it.” John, Last month, Sunrisers joined millions of people around the world for the Sep…

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  Joy, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 14, 2019 at 12:53 PM

Calling all artists! Learn to make your next strike or sit-in go viral in the media

John, Calling all artists, designers, media-makers, crafters, meme-slingers, photographers, poets and painters! This is your chance to take your artistic craft and use it to help win a Green New Deal. From the start, artistic strategy has been an essential to Sunrise’s succe…

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  Victoria Fernandez, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 10, 2019 at 3:43 PM

Our new scorecard can tell you which candidates are really ready to bring home a Green New Deal

We’ve spent the last two months working on a scorecard to evaluate the top Democratic Primary candidates, taking into account all the nitty gritty details of their policy, as well as their commitment to and strategy for winning a Green New Deal. John, We’ve been saying it for …

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  Victoria Fernandez, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 8, 2019 at 3:33 PM

When people hear the truth

Last week, fossil fuel billionaire allies launched a new organization they’re calling The Empowerment Alliance. Its explicit goal is to squash momentum for the Green New Deal and keep expanding the oil and gas industries in the US. Their plan is to launch John, Last week, fos…

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  Victoria Fernandez, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 3, 2019 at 3:20 PM

We're hiring

This time last year, Sunrise had less than 20 hubs and most people had never heard of us. Now, we’re up to 300 hubs, and leading Presidential candidates are referencing us by name as a major influence in the 2020 elections. John, Our movement is growing at a wild pace. This ti…

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  Varshini Prakash, Sunrise · [email protected]

October 2, 2019 at 2:50 PM

This is who could decide the 2020 elections

In the last few weeks, Sunrise has launched a new team of full-time fellows with a plan to build a huge network of young people in key swing states to knock on doors, make calls, and do absolutely everything we can to make sure November 3rd, 2020 is a his John, In the last few…

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