Renata Poulton Kamakura (she/her) is one of the current hub-coordinators for the Sunrise Movement's Durham hub and a PhD student in Ecology at Duke. She's been involved in Sunrise for a little over a year, but has been involved in community organizing and activism for around 5 years, originally focusing more on policing and mass incarceration. The Sunrise Movement is a grassroots, youth-led national coalition pushing for transformative economic and social change centered around defeating the climate crisis.
In this episode, we speak to Renata about her work with Sunrise. Renata elaborates on what Sunrise Durham has been working on over the pandemic, touches on the intersectionality of climate change with other issues such as racism and inequality, and makes a case that only a transformative, ambitious climate plan aiming to build a green, equity-centered economy that can properly address climate change and its impacts.
Learn more about Sunrise Movement and join a hub at www.sunrisemovement.org. 
Guest:
Renata Poulton Kamakura
Writers:
Georgie Stammer ‘24, Rishab Jagetia ‘24
Hosts:
Georgie Stammer ‘24, Rishab Jagetia ‘24
Audio Engineer:
Emily Nagamato ‘24
Music:
“Tundra” by Casey Goldstein
Inspired to do more? If you want to learn how your time and skills can best help the climate, you can create a climate action plan at youchangeearth.org/operationclimate.

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