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:
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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ICE OUT FOR GOOD
Read more: ICE OUT FOR GOODWe are opposing ICE’s occupation of our cities because it is self-defense for democracy, and against the same enemies who are driving us headlong into the climate crisis. There is no path to meaningful climate action in a world where a fossil-fuel bought president like Trump has access to his own personal gestapo.
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Project Rise Up
Read more: Project Rise UpThroughout history and around the globe, students and workers have always led the way to topple authoritarianism , using mass non-cooperation to topple dictators. We’re teaming up with workers and unions to organize against the authoritarian overreach of the Trump administration, and training the muscle of mass cooperation towards larger and larger sustained action.
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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.
The latest
MOVEMENT POSTS
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Rising to the Moment: Why the Climate Movement Must Tackle Authoritarianism
Read more: Rising to the Moment: Why the Climate Movement Must Tackle AuthoritarianismBy: Aru Shiney-Ajay, Sunrise Movement Executive Director In early 2025, Sunrise launched a campaign to make polluters pay for the effects of climate disasters. This campaign had the usual strengths: a focused message, easy to villainize targets, and real opportunities for state-level wins. It allowed us to engage the public directly following climate disasters, when…
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To win on climate, we must crush fascism.
Read more: To win on climate, we must crush fascism.Donald Trump is a corrupt authoritarian. He’s firing, arresting, and deporting anybody who stands in his way, building a dangerous system of repression to silence his opposition. Meanwhile, his corruption is enriching himself and his allies. This is a crucial moment. If we don’t stop him in the next few years, there is no road…
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Luigi Mangione, United Healthcare, and how we got here.
Read more: Luigi Mangione, United Healthcare, and how we got here.We wanted to talk today about Luigi Mangione, United Healthcare, and how we got here. We want to make it clear: we hold fiercely to our principle of nonviolence. But we also want to say that the reaction to Brian Thompson’s killing isn’t shocking. Young people have grown up watching CEOs commit mass murder, with…
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REPORT: Sunrise 2024 General election Impact
Read more: REPORT: Sunrise 2024 General election ImpactThis spring, young people were breaking for Trump in record numbers. Several polls even showed Trump beating Biden among young voters. Early in the year, Sunrise raised the alarm about these trends and employed a four-part strategy to turn these numbers around. Ultimately, young voters have swung dramatically to support Kamala Harris. Young voters are…
How we survive this crisis is up to us
The climate crisis is worsening, and we have less than 10 years to stop it
