"Unlike the majority of Sunrise's past work, its newer efforts will not necessarily center the climate crisis. But Stevie O'Hanlon, a co-founder and spokesperson for Sunrise, said the projects will aim to build a world where climate action is possible. In order to win the bold action that we'll need to prevent climate catastrophe, we're going to need a country where we have the right to dissent and protest, she said."
"How are we going to win on climate under authoritarianism? One key focus will be campus organizing to urge schools to resist Trump's attempts to control their curricula and rules around political dissent, the letter from Shiney-Ajay says. Another will be garnering rapid responses to the administration's deployment of troops and immigration policies to cities, and attempts to infringe on our first amendment rights. And a third expansion area will be training young activists to recognize authoritarianism and resist it using non-violent tactics."
Sunrise Movement is expanding its mission from climate-focused activism to actively opposing authoritarianism to safeguard democratic rights necessary for climate action. The group frames the Trump administration as seizing power and threatening constitutional rights, warning that ordinary people’s actions will determine whether elites consolidate control. New efforts include campus organizing to resist attempts to control curricula and suppress political dissent, rapid response to troop deployments and immigration enforcement in cities, and training youth in nonviolent recognition and resistance to authoritarian tactics. Recent activities include organizing student walkouts at multiple Washington, D.C. universities and staging a demonstration outside a major media outlet.
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