Sunrise Movement is building an army of young people fighting to stop climate change and create millions of jobs in the process. Sunrise began as a group of ordinary young people scared about what the climate crisis means for the people and places we love. The movement has spread into more than 150 local hubs that work with unity but autonomy with the national org. As the local chapter of Sunrise in Rhode Island, our purpose is to organize young people across the state to start and support grassroots efforts to achieve a Green New Deal (GND) and a Just Transition: good jobs, environmental justice, sustainable communities, and climate action.We know that fighting for climate change involves building stronger communities, developing relationships, and standing in solidarity with existing Rhode Island grassroots activism. We hope to make the connections between climate change and racial, economic, gender, and indigenous justice clear in our work.This summer, we’re launching a Fellowship program to invest deeply in place-based organizing and the young people of Providence. Our Summer Fellowship hopes to fulfill this purpose by developing new key team members with an explicit emphasis on bringing in historically marginalized young people into leadership roles.  As a new group that’s been growing rapidly, we’re excited about the vision we have for the future, and are seeking more resources to fully realize this vision.