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Sunrise Movement: Our Story
I’ve been sharing the Sunrise Movement Plan in pieces so it might be easier to read and share with others. You can find the complete plan here. From the Sunrise Movement Plan.
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Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting supports Green New Deal
December 16, 2018, Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting discussed the Green New Deal, as part of the Peace and Social Concerns Report (below) that was also approved. Minute Approved: Bear Creek Friends Meeting supports the idea of a Green New … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement: Theory of Change
Our theory of change (the thinking behind the plan) Stopping climate change means completely updating our energy, transit and food systems. This will require aggressive action at every level of government, sustained for many years in a row. History shows … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement and Green New Deal organizing
Yesterday I tried to provide an introduction to the Sunrise Movement, which is currently the organizing force behind the Green New Deal. What I didn’t do was convey why I feel such hope and interest in this movement. I’ve spent … Continue reading
Together, we will change this country and this world, sure as the sun rises each morning.
The title quotation is from the Sunrise Movement website. I am beginning to believe we might actually be moving toward solutions for our environmental crisis and dysfunctional economy, education, healthcare and political systems. That is a remarkable thing to say. I’ve … Continue reading
Love Knows No Borders
As I wrote yesterday, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is participating with others across the country for a week of action as we stand in solidarity with the migrant caravan and all who seek refuge in the U.S. Together, … Continue reading
Walls
Sheila Kennedy wrote about the “wall” this morning, sharing this poem by Robert Frost. Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement and Green New Deal
Like the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Green New Deal is a visionary plan to transition to 100% renewable energy. We will need to build the infrastructure, including renewable energy systems, a smart power grid, renewable energy … Continue reading
Green New Deal
Thousands of young people from the Sunrise Movement are flooding the U.S. Capitol now to ask legislators to support the Green New Deal. #GreenNewDeal A House Select Committee for a Green New Deal What is the House Select Committee for … Continue reading
Green New Deal
The Sunrise Movement is coordinating an Action tomorrow, Dec. 10th, related to the New Green Deal. Information related to this follows. You can help by calling your Congressional representatives’ offices and urging them to endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Resolution for a Select … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 