Shedding Light On The Sunrise Movement

How The Group’s Shady Financials Keep Us In The Dark

Social change doesn’t come cheap. It costs time, sweat, will, and of course, money. We live in a society now that is rapidly evolving; voices are being amplified, movements are building — and none of these are more prevalent than the ones regarding the topic of climate change. Since 2016, the subject of what our species is doing (or not doing) to mitigate the damage we inevitably cause to our planet has become front and center in the minds of many. While environmentalists have long since dominated their own corner of the lobbying universe, there has been another battle cry being sung— this time centering around the “Green New Deal", a legislative proposal that many environmental groups — and voters — have embraced as a gold standard of sorts. One of the most prominent faces of this issue is The Sunrise Movement. The Sunrise Movement describes themselves as a grassroots organization “building an army of young people to stop climate change”. On top of a national office, they have set up branches in states across the country, and one would think that this “movement”, as large as it is becoming, is stunningly natural. They’ve organized marches, massive protests, and even sit-ins in the name of climate change. A truly grassroots movement, one that is wholly organic, is one of the greatest signals of a societal sea change. However…