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Sunrise Movement is an American 501(c)(4) political action organization that advocates political action on climate change. When first incorporated in 2017, the group's goal was to elect proponents of renewable energy in the 2018 midterm elections, first in the Democratic primaries and then in the general election held on November 6, 2018. Since the midterm elections, the organization has been working towards shifting the Overton window on climate policy to center the environmental program known as the Green New Deal.Together with Justice Democrats and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the group organized a sit-in in the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, which brought Sunrise its first significant press coverage. Sunrise organized a similar event in February 2019, bringing a group of young people to confront Senator Dianne Feinstein in her office.

Since the sit-in, the group has been attracting media attention with their direct actions, such as the Wide Awake series of actions in the summer of 2020, marches, and recent collaboration with the Biden transition team.

Road to a Green New Deal Tour
In April 2019, the Sunrise Movement held their Road to a Green New Deal Tour. The tour was intended to garner support for the Green New Deal resolution, introduced in Congress by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey in February 2019. The tour spanned 8 cities and over 200 town halls, featuring local politicians, activists, and leading figures in the climate movement speaking about the importance of a Green New Deal and how to achieve it. The Road to a Green New Deal Tour kicked off in Boston with the lineup of speakers including Senator Ed Markey, Representative Ayanna Pressley, Sunrise co-founder Varshini Prakash, Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, and more leaders from the community speaking at the Strand Theater in Dorchester. It concluded in Washington, DC at Howard University. Speakers included Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, journalist Naomi Klein, and Justice Democrats co-founder Alex Rojas.

National Organization
The national organization of the Sunrise Movement functions as the guiding force of the movement. Sunrise National sets campaigns, priorities, and makes their own endorsements.

The National organization has 4 main divisions:

The national organization recently created a 'Movement Leaders Portal' to centralize information. Sunrise members across the country can log in to this portal to access movement documents, strategy, and an events calendar.
 * Organizing Division – responsible for building people power to achieve Sunrise's goals and implement strategy.
 * Communications Division – responsible for all external and internal communications.
 * Partnerships & Political Division – works with politicians and other institutional figures to achieve the political goals of the movement.
 * Operations Division – responsible for maintaining the infrastructure of the movement.

Local Work
The Sunrise Movement is organized into decentralized "hubs" that operate in cities and towns across the United States. While the National organization is the main public-facing front of the organization, there are over 400 hubs spread over all 50 states that conduct their own actions, endorsements, and more. Hubs typically follow the campaigns set by the National team, such as the Wide Awake actions conducted over the summer of 2020, but also have the authority to decide their own structure and actions. This falls in line with Sunrise Principle 7: We Take Initiative, which states that any group of 3 can take action in the name of Sunrise. In the past, hub actions have included participating in climate strikes, making their own endorsements, and staging direct actions.

Movement Houses
Members of the movement have created "movement houses", which are shared living spaces where activists work and live together. These houses have appeared in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Michigan, and more cities across the country.

Theory of Change
Sunrise operates on a set of 12 Principles that guide the work of both the National organization and hubs.

These principles are:


 * 1) We are a movement to stop climate change and create millions of good-paying jobs in the process.
 * 2) We grow our power through talking to our communities.
 * 3) We are people from all paths of life.
 * 4) We are nonviolent in word and deed.
 * 5) We tell our stories and we honor each other's stories.
 * 6) We ask for help and we give what we can.
 * 7) We take initiative.
 * 8) We embrace experimentation and we learn together.
 * 9) We take care of ourselves, each other, and our shared home.
 * 10) We unite with other movements for change.
 * 11) We fight for the liberation of all people.
 * 12) We shine bright.