Green New Deal

Corporations and a wealthy few have destroyed the earth for profit, while workers, the poor, and people of color suffer the consequences.

We need system-wide change -- change that puts people over profits -- if we are going to save our communities, our planet, and our futures.

Beginning in December 2018, Sunrise has had several meetings with Rep. Debbie Dingell's staff in Washington DC and Ypsilanti, MI. In January, we met with Rep. Dingell herself. She has yet to endorse the Green New Deal resolution (that currently has 91 House Co-Sponsors and 12 Senate Co-sponsors). Additionally, the majority of the Democratic Presidential Candidates supports this resolution. In February, the voters of the Michigan Democratic Party passed a resolution supporting a Green New Deal.

In 2018, young Sunrise leaders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put the Green New Deal on the map and permanently changed the national climate policy conversation. The political establishment is scrambling to keep up and thousands of people across the country are eager to take action. This tour is taking the fight for a Green New Deal to every town across America and share our pathway to victory now through 2020.

Join Good Jobs Now on April 19th from 6:30 PM to 8 PM at the Bonstelle Theatre on the campus of Wayne State University to learn how we can ensure a just transition into a Green New Deal. We know linking a climate proposal with measures to end poverty and unemployment is proactive and forward thinking, we must ensure prioritize investments to historically impoverished and low-income communities.

We can make an equitable transition with a Green New Deal that supports workers and communities.

Hear Nicholas Jansen, Michigan State Director of the the Sunrise Movement, provide a briefing on the Green New Deal that envisions fighting climate change while creating a more green economy. The Sunrise Movement is a dynamic youth led organization. Nicholas is the featured speaker for Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit meeting.

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Senator Peters is "thinking about" the Green New Deal.

If he cares about the future of our generation, if he cares about Michigan workers, if he cares about the Great Lakes, if he cares about economic justice, he must support the Green New Deal.

It's the only policy put forward that addresses the climate crisis at the scale science demands and justice requires.

Join us outside Senator Peter's office to rally behind the Green New Deal and call upon him to be a true climate leader.

What's one of the most important ways to influence a Senator?
Flood their phone lines.

Join Sunrise Ann Arbor in calling Senator Peters to demand that he support a Green New Deal. We'll be tabling all week on the U of M campus to build support, and end the week with a full inbox for his staff.

Mitch McConnell wants to stop our momentum in its tracks by calling an early vote--he picked the wrong movement mess with. Our job is to make sure Senator Peters votes in favor of climate justice.

Oil Money Mitch is forcing Democrats to take a stand on the Green New Deal and Sunrise is showing up all over the country in the next two weeks to demand our Senators come out in support of the only policy on the table to address the scale of the climate crisis.

We're hearing from some of our leaders, like Peters, that they 'are looking into it' or 'need more time.' Well, we have no more time, we need action and we need it now.

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Wondering what to do about climate change? Have you heard about the Green New Deal? Come learn about climate action and how the Green New Deal fits into local actions already happening to create a livable planet for future generations. What will this plan mean for Detroit and for workers?
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In 2019, we're building the public support for the Green New Deal so that we can elect a candidate that champions it in 2020, make it law in 2021. Livestream watching parties will take place across the country in February in order to bring even more people into the fight and get everyone ready to move forward together.