Episode 7: Sunrise Amherst (Meenakshi Jani '23 and Claire Taylor '23)
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In this edition of Tusk Talks, we sit down with Claire Taylor ‘23 and Meenakshi Jani ‘23, two leaders of Sunrise Amherst — an offshoot of the broader Sunrise climate action movement. Sunrise Amherst has been integral in campaigning for the college to divest from fossil fuels and the prison-industrial complex. Taylor and Jani dive into the timeline of their campaign, the group’s founding principles and a reflection on the actions that the college has taken so far. Musical credit goes to Guillermo Rodriguez ’22 and Quentin Jeyaretnam ’23. Audio editors: Ashley Chang ’23, Sam Spratford ’24 and Rebecca Picciotto ’22.
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