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Varshini Prakash

Co-Founder, Sunrise Movement · 1 appearance on the record.

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In 2017, Prakash co-founded Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate organization that propelled the Green New Deal onto the national political agenda through direct actions and sit-ins. She co-edited the book Winning the Green New Deal and served on the 2020 Biden-Sanders Unity Climate Task Force.

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3 assertions · 3 opinions · 2 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Varshini argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Prakash: Sunrise Teenagers Made 850,000 Calls to Help Bowman Defeat Engel
“Sunrise teenagers, literally teenagers, made 850 Thousand of the 1.3 million phone calls that were made to voters in his district, ultimately helping him defeat Elliot Engel.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 12:33 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement

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Everything Varshini Prakash said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Prakash: A Middle-Ground Climate Compromise Is Worse Than the Status Quo
“The truth is they have pulled the entire conversation so far to the right that on climate change, I mean, the middle ground is, is probably worse than we are today.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 22:00 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Opinion
Prakash: Climate Action Requires Holding Federal Governing Power for a Decade
“We probably have to pass dozens of pieces of legislation at the federal level over the next decade of time, which means that people with our values have to govern and hold on to governing power For perhaps a decade or longer.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 9:37 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Disclosure
Prakash: Civil Disobedience Forces Private Suffering Into the National Debate
“The reason why we do civil disobedience or the reason why we take this type of action is so people, so that we can bring the kind of private suffering that is happening all across the country into public relief and force that into the national dialogue and deb…”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 15:54 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Opinion
Prakash: The Environmental Movement Has Capital but Lacks Effective Deployment
“We have a lot of money at our disposal, not just as Sunrise, but as the entire left or the environmental movement. The question is, is that being wielded effectively or is it not?”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 20:42 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Insight
Prakash: Viral Moments Must Be Paired With Grassroots Organizing
“And so I think, you know, both combining the viral moments, but also the brass tacks day to day grassroots organizing, that is what builds power in local communities.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 8:04 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Assertion Supported
Prakash: Sunrise Teenagers Made 850,000 Calls to Help Bowman Defeat Engel
“Sunrise teenagers, literally teenagers, made 850 Thousand of the 1.3 million phone calls that were made to voters in his district, ultimately helping him defeat Elliot Engel.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 12:33 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Disclosure
Prakash: Sunrise Prioritizes Mobilizing Believers Over Persuading Climate Skeptics
“I would say for the most part, we focus on those who understand the reality of the climate crisis, who are terrified about it and want to do something about it, but haven't yet found the community or the movement to participate in.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 16:44 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Insight
Prakash: Effective Recruiting Requires Direct Asks and Finding Personal Stakes
“And I find the most effective ways to bring individuals into the movement is, One, literally to ask them and see what they say. I think a lot of people do not have the, ask the question, will you join a movement? But two, helping people identify, like, what's …”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 17:54 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Assertion Partly supported
Prakash: Sunrise Grew From 20 to 400 Chapters in Six Months
“Just in six months following that action and all of the action that took place afterwards, We went from having just 20 chapters to having over 400 in six months.”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 6:51 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
Assertion Supported
Prakash: Sunrise Movement Studied Historical Social Movements for One Year
“We gathered about 12 young climate activists from around the country, and we went into a period of study for a year learning from other social movements the civil rights movement, LGBTQ movements, so far as, you know, Indian revolutionary movements, to underst…”
Varshini Prakash Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 2:36 How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement Nov 5, 2020 13m
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