This month, instead of highlighting a guest speaker, we’re focusing on something just as important: movement alignment and opportunity.

We’ve been in conversation with leaders connected to the Sunrise Movement—particularly around their Make Polluters Pay campaign—and the growing recognition that while holding polluters accountable is essential, it doesn’t fully address why polluters hold so much power in the first place.

That’s where the We the People Amendment comes in.

If we’re serious about climate justice, we have to be just as serious about confronting the system that enables extraction, deregulation, and corporate capture of public decision-making. The question in front of us is simple:

Can we help bring the We the People Amendment into Sunrise Movement spaces as a systemic solution?

The answer is yes—but it doesn’t happen nationally first.

It happens locally, relationally, and strategically.

How Sunrise Movement Decisions Happen (Simplified)

Sunrise is a decentralized, youth-led network. That means:

• Local hubs have real autonomy and influence
• National positions often emerge from local pressure and alignment
• Campaign adoption requires internal champions + political education + momentum

So instead of waiting for a top-down endorsement, we build it from the ground up.

What You Can Do (Wherever You Are)

If you’re part of Move to Amend—or adjacent to this work—there’s a real role for you here:

1. Find Your Local Sunrise Hub

Look up your nearest Sunrise Movement chapter and start by simply observing:

• What campaigns are they currently prioritizing?
• Are they already talking about corporate power, utilities, or financing?

2. Build a Relationship (Not a Pitch)

Show up to a meeting, event, or action. Listen first.

Then, when it feels natural:

• Ask questions like:
  “How do you all think about the political power behind polluters?”
  “What makes it so hard to pass the policies we need?”

Let them connect the dots.

3. Introduce the Systemic Lens

Once there’s trust, introduce the idea:

• That corporate constitutional rights and money in politics structurally limit climate solutions
• That efforts like Make Polluters Pay can be strengthened—not replaced—by addressing root power

Frame it as an addition, not a critique.

4. Share the Amendment as a Tool

Position the We the People Amendment as:

• A long-term structural fix
• A way to make future climate wins stick
• A bridge between movements (labor, climate, racial justice)

5. Identify Internal Champions

The goal isn’t to convince everyone overnight.

It’s to find:

• 1–2 people in a hub who get it
• Folks willing to bring it into internal discussions or strategy spaces

6. Connect Them Back to Us

Once there’s interest:

• Loop them into Move to Amend resources
• Invite them to Ecology Network calls or 1:1 conversations
• Help us build a national web of aligned organizers

Why This Matters

We’re at a point where movements are getting closer to naming the problem—but not always the full solution.

Sunrise Movement is already doing critical work to mobilize young people and challenge polluters. What we’re offering is a way to deepen that analysis and strengthen their impact over time.

Not by taking over.
Not by redirecting.
But by connecting the dots between corporate rule and the climate crisis—and organizing accordingly.

New to the Ecology Network? Here's what to expect: 

Our monthly calls aren’t just about listening — they’re about sharing, strategizing, and connecting. Whether you’re deeply rooted in an environmental group or just beginning to get involved, you’ll find space here to contribute and grow.

• Share your current involvement with one or more environmental groups — what campaigns, projects, or local struggles are you a part of?

• Tell us what you need — resources, tools, strategies — to help link your work to the broader fight against corporate personhood and money in politics.

• Discover what we already have — guides, organizing materials, and a network of allies — that can strengthen your efforts.

This is your space to connect local environmental justice struggles with the systemic change we’re building through the We the People Amendment.

Hope to see you there!

Join us to learn, connect, and imagine what we can build together. 

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A space focused on the relationship between corporate power and environmental catastrophe. We’re interested in gathering with folks who, like us, want an end to corporate destruction of the Earth for-profit and to create alternatives for a truly livable world. 

Move to Amend has focused on ending the constitutional rights for corporations in the United States which are used to get away with; dangerous fracking and pipelines, spewing oil and toxic waste into the water, mountaintop removal, usurping community rights and violating treaties, and every other shameful action corporations take in the pursuit of maximum profit. 

We have one perspective and hold one piece of the work, but the fight for the survival of animals and ecosystems will take many of us. The is a space where we invite folks who are fighting this fight to come and share with us, help strengthen the public education we do and uplift your work and connect with other threads of the movement.

Second Thursday at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET