# Varshini Prakash
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varshini prakash (born 1992/1993) is an American climate activist and executive director of the Sunrise Movement, a 501(c)(4) organization which she co-founded in 2017. She was named on the 2019 Time 100 Next list, and was a corecipient of the Sierra Club John Muir Award in 2019.
== Early life and education ==
Prakash was born and raised in Massachusetts to parents from Southern India.
HOTM: What Would Greta Do?
The Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg has helped ignite a global youth climate movement that’s energizing a new generation of activists. In this episode we profile two young climate leaders. First, host John D. Sutter talks with Varshini Prakash, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, a U.S.-based org…
Rallying Young People to Fight for a Clean Energy Economy with Sunrise Movement's Varshini Prakash
Varshini Prakash joins The Great Battlefield to discuss her work as co-founder of the Sunrise Movement - an organization of young people focused on preventing climate change and holding elected officials accountable for accepting contributions from the oil, gas, and coal industries.
‘To the End’ & Finding the Floor of What Progressives Can Accomplish (w/ Rachel Lears)
How do progressives navigate holding new found power? How much power should be wielded and when? Should we interpret the IRA as a victory or a loss?Acclaimed documentary director, producer, & cinematographer Rachel Lears (Knock Down the House, 2019) (The Hand that Feeds, 2014) joins Alex on the Blo…
A world of voices
Music adapted from Varshini Prakash’s Meditative Story, "Together, we move from fear to hope."
Taken from the musical world of Varshini Prakash’s Meditative Story, this sleep song is built around a world of voices. Some melodic and distinguishable, others smeared and abstracted beyond recognition t…
How 2020 Became a Climate Election
For years, American politicians have failed to take climate change seriously. The 2016 presidential debates didn’t even include a single climate question. Fast-forward four years, and climate change is a major election issue. So how did 2020 become a climate election? This week, how a bunch of outs…
Jeremy Brecher on the Green New Deal from Below and Non-Party Opposition
My guest today is the legendary historian of labor and social movements, Jeremy Brecher. I wanted to speak with Jeremy because it feels clear that, after the election, we’ll need militant coalitional politics more than ever if we are to win a world beyond capitalism and its lurking sibling, fascism…
Activists and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Demand Nancy Pelosi Take Action on Climate
Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement talks about why hundreds of activists occupied Nancy Pelosi's offices demanding a Green New Deal and an end to fossil fuel contributionsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us contin…
Together, we move from fear to hope, by Varshini Prakash
Climate activist Varshini Prakash first became aware of the effects of a changing planet when her grandparents’ village in India was flooded in a monsoon. A child then, she felt overwhelmed and powerless. In this week’s episode, Varshini shares how she came to find hope and build courage through th…
“It's wide open!”
The Trump Administration is caught lying about Iran, the public sours on the President’s handling of the crisis, and the Des Moines Register poll shows a very close race in Iowa between Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, and Joe Biden. Then Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement ta…
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