WE ARE THE CLIMATE REVOLUTION
Who we are
Our vision is simple
We believe everyone should have access to clear air and water, full pantries of food, affordable housing, free public transportation, good and meaningful jobs, vibrant community centers, and lives filled with joy. We’re building a movement to make that happen.
What We want
Our demands
We’re organizing thousands of young people to win a Green New Deal that will:
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What we’re doing
OUR campaigns
What we do in the next ten years will determine the course of the next hundred. That’s why we are building the people power to take over the country school by school, block by block, city by city, state by state – until we win the vision of our world everywhere.
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Green New Deal for Schools
Read more: Green New Deal for SchoolsThe Green New Deal for Schools will radically transform our school system to face the climate crisis and make sure all students have the right to a safe and good education – no matter their zip code or the color of their skin.
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Green New Deal for Communities
Read more: Green New Deal for CommunitiesIt’s time for a Green New Deal for our communities. Door by door, neighborhood by neighborhood, we will take over our cities and towns to put everyday people in charge and win the homes we deserve.
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Black and Latiné Constituencies
Read more: Black and Latiné ConstituenciesWe need a Green New Deal that invests in our communities – that repairs the harm that’s been done through centuries of pollution, extraction, and slavery.
The latest
MOVEMENT POSTS
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The American Climate Corps EXPLAINED
Read more: The American Climate Corps EXPLAINEDEvery single young person should know the newly established American Climate Corps (ACC). It is not only proof of our generation’s power, but it is and will be the government of the future – by and for us. The American Climate Corps is a visionary new policy that will employ and train tens of thousands…
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Where We’re At and Where We’re Going
Read more: Where We’re At and Where We’re GoingWhen Sunrise started, we were terrified. California burned, floods covered the Midwest, scientists warned us that we needed transformative government action if we were going to survive. And our politicians had no plan to stop the climate crisis. It’s fine, they said. We refused to accept that answer. Instead, we set out to make climate…
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Inflation Reduction Act EXPLAINED
Read more: Inflation Reduction Act EXPLAINEDThe fight for President Biden’s Build Back Better was our movement’s first, major legislative campaign, and the first shot we had at winning a Green New Deal. And we fought our hearts out. No matter what obstacles we faced, we never gave up. Sunrise organized and mobilized across the country, marching in Northern California, the…
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The moment we’re in
Read more: The moment we’re inThe moment we’re in It’s brutal out here. Every day we wake up to another horrifying headline: another mass shooting, a head of state jonesing for war, a new Supreme Court ruling striking down the will of the public, or yet another flood or fire or hurricane fueled by a warming planet. And we see…
How we survive this crisis is up to us
The climate crisis is worsening, and we have less than 10 years to stop it
