#Sunrise Movement launches #Green New Deal for #Schools campaigns in high schools across US
By Ashley Curtin -September 26, 2023
..."Students are launching Green New Deal for Schools campaigns in more than 50 high schools across America. From Pennsylvania to Michigan to Arizona, the campaigns are asking that school districts face the climate crisis, listen to students’ needs and deliver on the campaign’s promises to address climate change.
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“For too long, students have been left out of the decision making spaces within our schools,” Shiva Rajbhandari, Sunrise Movement organizer and Idaho’s youngest elected school board member, said. “Students are the most important constituents of our school boards and they deserve to call the shots for their own education. Public schools belong to us, and we know we deserve better.”
The demands for the Green New Deal for Schools campaigns include:
Safe and clean buildings
Free and healthy lunch
Pathways to green jobs
Climate disaster plans
Climate curriculum
Student organizers were trained on how to run campaigns in their schools, plan protests, and grow their organizing skills during multi-week summer camps hosted by the Sunrise Movement in numerous states across the country. The Green New Deal for School campaign “comes on the heels of Sunrise’s historic win for an American Climate Corps, building youth momentum across the country,” according to a press release from the Sunrise Movement."
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