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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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Panelists Ann Lin, Mary Gallagher, Alan Deardorff and WCED fellow Dr. Jundai Liu discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s role in reshaping Chinese 
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