Lissy Romanow of Momentum describes in this Waging Nonviolence piece how Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats use disruption conflict and polarization to change what’s winnable
If you want to learn more about Sunrise’s strategy, this MobLab piece goes in depth into their narrative and tactics and we think it’s a great read. This video on the right’s deployment of strategic racism that Sara mentioned in the Q&A and the need to address race to solve the problem of inequality in the U.S.Īnd another book on strategic racism mentioned in the Q&A: Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney López and Heather McGhee
This inspiring video of recent Sunrise actions Here are some additional resources, as referenced in the webinar: (amplified through social media) to get people's attention and demonstrate depth of leadership's commitment to cause - culminating in larger protest outside of Representative Pelosi's office.Ībsorption: Using attention garnered through 'escalation' tactics to bring thousands of new young folks into the movement and plugging them into organizational opportunities (trainings, large calls, local hubs, etc.)Īctive popular support: Leveraging their larger, distributed network to spread, replicate story, strategy, and structure, continuing to build the movement
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Sunrise Movement leaders also discuss how they successfully leveraged the 'Cycle of Momentum' model in the weeks followed the November 2018 midterms to launch their campaign in support of the Green New Deal:Įscalation: Series of arrestable, direct action protests in D.C. Political alignment: Grouping of political and social forces that align together, establishing a new 'common sense' and advancing an agenda for society based on shared vision and values Political power: Credible path to victory around which to organize and mobilize critical mass and put pressure on decision-makers and People power: Large, vocal, and active based of popular support The webinar explains Sunrise Movement's 'theory of change' to build: Sunrise Movement leaders discuss how the organization came into being, as well as how their campaigns have been grounded in lessons learned from past social movements.
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