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The Sunrise Movement has been pressuring the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to hold a #climatedebate. We agree! And we also think that just talking about fossil fuels and emissions reduction isn’t enough—the debate organizers need to give the regenerative agriculture solution equal time.

 

In June, hundreds of young people with the Sunrise Movement held a sit-in outside the Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC to demand a climate debate. They camped outside for three days demanding that the political and media establishment treat climate change like the emergency it is.

 

The pressure worked. The day after the sit-in ended, the DNC confronted internal pressure to hold a climate debate, and scheduled a vote on the issue. The vote will take place during the DNC’s national meeting, August 22-24, in California.

 

The Sunrise Movement is building a critical mass of support ahead of this vote. They need our help to get local and state party officials in every corner of the country to pledge to vote YES on the “Resolution to Request a Democratic Presidential Debate on the Climate Crisis.” 

 

Please sign our petition. Then take these additional steps:

 

• Print out this pledge form and ask your local officials sign in support of the #ClimateDebate resolution.

 

• Join a local effort to get DNC members in your area to sign on using the map at the bottom of this page.

 

• Organize a local effort to get DNC members in your area to sign on, sign up to plan an action here.

 

The Sunrise Movement’s campaign has already achieved some success. On July 30, the Sunrise Movement in South County, Rhode Island reported with photos on Twitter that they had convinced DNC Chairman Joseph McNamara to sign the pledge.

 

Let’s keep the pressure on! Please sign our petition and join the Sunrise Movement campaign!

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To: The Democratic National Committee

Climate change is too important to be squeezed into a few minutes of each Democratic Presidential debate. The question that will decide the fate of humanity was given less than 15 minutes during the six hours of the first debate, and just 21 minutes divided among 20 candidates in the second debate.

 

A climate-focused debate is necessary to delve into the full breadth of challenges the crisis presents and to fully reveal the depth of candidates’ understanding of the actions necessary to address this multifaceted crisis.

 

Without a climate-focused debate, candidates can cherry-pick brief talking points to make themselves sound well-informed and committed to taking action, while avoiding thorny subjects and neglecting to provide details on their proposals.

 

As members of the Organic Consumers Association, we’re very interested in hearing what candidates would do to encourage the transition from greenhouse gas-polluting industrial agriculture to carbon-sequestering regenerative organic agriculture. 

 

As supporters of the Green New Deal, we want to know what candidates would do to support family farming and ensure universal access to healthy food.  

 

Please pass Tina Podlodowski’s Resolution to Request a Democratic Presidential Debate on the Climate Crisis at the Full Body meeting in San Francisco on August 22-24, 2019. 

 

Then, hold a 2020 presidential primary debate focused on climate action—and make sure the debate organizers devote equal time to the issue of regenerative agriculture as a climate solution. Thank you.