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2A — Monday, November 25, 2019
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
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Sunrise
Movement
activists insist Dingell take
more
extreme
action
to
fight climate change in her
district.
Protesters
were
determined
to
elongate
their protest this time and
stay until Dingell gave a
definitive answer regarding
the
Green
New
Deal.
Sunrise
Hub
Coordinator
and LSA sophomore, Arya
Kale, expressed the group’s
frustration with her lack of
response.
“It’s not even that she’s
saying, ‘no’; she’s just not
giving us an answer — if
she says ‘no,’ we know what
action we have to take, and
that’s putting somebody else
into office,” Kale said.
Naina
Agrawal-Hardin,
Sunrise hub coordinator and
Washtenaw
International
High
School
student,
explained
why
Sunrise
members keep coming back.
“We’re sitting in because
of these twin crises we’re
seeing in our country, which

are climate change and also
this skyrocketing inequality
that’s costing millions of
Americans not only their
right to a livable future, but
also their right to a good
job and a living wage and
dignified
work,”
Agrawal-
Hardin said. “We’re here to
tell Congresswoman Debbie
Dingell she can’t ignore us
anymore; it’s been 10 months,
and we need an answer.”
At the sit-in, protesters
took
turns
sharing
why
they believe it is critical
for Dingell to co-sponsor
the Green New Deal. Many
highlighted the fact Dingell
has
accepted
more
than
$40,000 from DTE Energy
in campaign contributions,
sharing concerns this money
could be a factor in Dingell’s
lack of support for the Green
New Deal.
Students
took
turns
giving testaments to their
personal experiences with
consequences
of
climate
change.
They
spoke
of
the health implications of
declining air quality and the
environmental consequences
of
oil
pipelines
and
deforestation, among other

concerns,
urging
Dingell
to take decisive action. At
one point, protesters went
around the room explaining
the reasons they each fight
for the Green New Deal.
Responses included worries
about the futures of younger
siblings and future children,
the
disproportionate
effects of climate change on
marginalized
communities,
and
the
preservation
of
Michigan’s Great Lakes.
After 22 hours of protest
in Dingell’s office, Ypsilanti
police removed LSA junior
Preston
VanAlstine;
Washington University in St.
Louis senior Allie Lindstrom;
and Chair of Young Democrats
of Michigan Leaha Skylar
Dotson from the office. The
protesters were taken to the
Ypsilanti police station and
released about two-and-a-
half hours later.
In a statement to The Daily,
Maggie Rousseau, Dingell’s
communications
director,
said
the
congresswoman
encourages constituents to
visit her office.
“Congresswoman
Dingell
always welcomes constituents
to her offices. She and her
staff
listen
and
help,”
the statement said. “This
group was accommodated
overnight, for almost 24
hours
in
extraordinary
circumstances. The terms
of our lease in this building
prohibit
people
from
sleeping in the space and
a note from the building
manager made that clear.
Dingell and her staff strive
to
be
good
tenants
to
continue serving the people
of the 12th Congressional
District from her Ypsilanti
office.”
Lindstrom explained why
the three chose to remain in
the office.
“We didn’t want to go
quietly,”
Lindstrom
said.
“We felt that if we left, it
would feel like we were
being silenced. We felt like
Congresswoman
Dingell
didn’t feel the pressure to
answer and tell us what
she was going to do for our
generation and how she was
going to take action.”

Abdul
El-Sayed,
former
2018 gubernatorial candidate
and
former
executive
director
of
the
Detroit
Health
Department,
made
an appearance at the protest,
giving a speech expressing
his support for the protester’s
work. He emphasized the
importance
of
working
together to solve climate
issues.
“What we’re saying is that
we are not willing to wed our
children and our children’s
children
to
a
system
of
economics, to a climate, that
fundamentally fails them,”
El-Sayed said. “... Who suffers
the most? People of color,
our poor folks, our people in
urban and rural communities.
We’ve got an opportunity to
say that enough is enough,
that we need a Green New
Deal.”
El-Sayed spoke to The Daily
regarding
the
importance
of the Green New Deal for
Michigan.
“We’ve got a responsibility
to
act,
and
this
is
one
of
the
most
progressive
districts in the state, and
our
representatives
ought
to represent us,” El-Sayed
said. “The beautiful thing
about the Dingell legacy is
that it was once the most
progressive on issues related
to climate, and I’m not seeing
that right now — and we can
do so much better. And what
these folks in here recognize
is that we don’t have time, and
we’ve got a set of solutions,
and the question is, why are
they not being enacted?”
Ultimately,
Lindstrom
said
the
experience
was
frustrating but it would not
deter Sunrise activists from
returning.
“We need a congressperson
in office who’s going to fight
as hard for our futures as
we are, and while we left
the
office
on
Saturday,
that is not the last time
Congresswoman Dingell will
hear from us, because this is
not something we can take
lightly,” Lindstrom said. “Our
lives are at stake, and we’re
not being heard. We will
continue to show up until we
know we are.”

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