Sunrise Ann Arbor 🌅

Quick recap of what happened: The day before, we, along with 40 other young people went to go sit in @RepDebDingell’s office to demand she cosponsor the #GreenNewDeal. However, when we arrived, no one was there during mandatory office hours.

We moved our protest outside and shared stories on how the climate crisis and @RepDebDingell’s failure to take action have both impacted us. It’s been 7 months since we first asked her to back the #GreenNewDeal. @RepDebDingell what’s taking so long?

Since we weren’t able to ask her or her staffers any of our questions, we went to talk in person at the Westside Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market the next day. When asked why her office was empty, we were given contradictory answers as to why no one was there.

Instead of apologizing, she went on to publicly yell at her staffer, putting all of the blame on them. When asked why she wouldn’t support the #GreenNewDeal she shouted a Fox News talking point and claimed that others wouldn’t want to work with her in the future.

Immediately after asking, we were met with aggressive and extremely condescending responses. This is how @RepDebDingell treats young people asking about the survival of our future.

The only way we’re going to push Dingell into taking action is through building public support for a #GreenNewDeal. Next time we go back to her office, we’ll need more people to join us so she can no longer ignore our demands. Who’s in???