Summer 2020 — Wide Awake Actions
Sunrise hubs across the country were inspired by a century-old tactic developed by the Wide Awakes, a pre-civil war abolitionist […]
Sunrise Movement's
Past Actions
Juneteenth 2020 – Wake Up, Mitch! Justice for Breonna Taylor
In the early dawn light of Juneteenth, a group of brave people from stood outside Mitch McConnell’s house in Kentucky […]
December 6, 2019 — Global Climate Strike
After months of planning, Sunrise joined partner organizations to close out 2019 leading the third global climate strike of the […]
September 20, 2019 — Global Climate Strike
On September 20th, Sunrise participated in the Global Climate Strike, the largest day of action for climate justice in world […]
June 2019 — DNC Headquarters Climate Debate Sit-In
Sunrise brought the demand for a Climate Debate to the front steps of the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., […]
April 2019 — Road to a Green New Deal Tour
1,400 people packed into a sold-out Strand Theatre in Boston to launch the Road to a Green New Deal Tour, […]
February 25, 2019 — Kentuckians occupy McConnell’s office in D.C.
For a week in February 2019, young Kentuckians walked out of school and showed up outside Mitch McConnell’s office every […]
December 2018 — Congress takeover demand a select committee for a Green New Deal
1000 people from across the country dropped everything and flocked to Washington, DC to keep the pressure on our elected […]
November 13, 2018 — Sit-in at Nancy Pelosi’s Office
A week following the 2018 midterm elections, during which we helped elect the youngest, most diverse congress this country has […]
August 2018 — Nationwide #HeatWeek
For a week in August, young people organized mass distributed actions of civil disobedience to put pressure on politicians corrupted […]
