This Climate Solutions Speaker Series event, co-sponsored by ten local organizations, is also serving as a Green New Deal “Town Hall” for the Sunrise Movement. It will include a discussion with Rep. Lori Trahan; calls to action from a local panel of young climate activists; and information about the Sunrise Movement’s nationwide campaign to make the Green New Deal a legislative reality. The program will be followed by a reception in the church’s Parish Hall, with light refreshments and an opportunity to gather more information about how to get involved.

Resolutions for a “Green New Deal” have been introduced recently  in Congress by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  and Massachusetts  Sen. Ed Markey. These Resolutions outline  the first governmental climate action plan which truly mirrors the scope, scale, and urgency of the massive and accelerating threat climate change poses to the survival of all life on Planet Earth, including us.

The Green New Deal is not yet legislation and will not be unless enough legislators agree to co-sponsor it. The number of co-sponsors is rapidly growing, but more are needed. The proposal is being challenged, debated, and sometime ridiculed across the country. It is being pushed forward aggressively by the Sunrise Movement, driven by very young climate activists. ConcordCAN has endorsed it; and the Concord Select Board recently did as well, responding positively to a petition initiated by students from Concord Academy who are members of the Sunrise Movement