WELCOME

I am a 76-year-old retiree who is concerned about the world we will leave for the next generations. Rolling back clean energy initiatives, eliminating environmental protections, the massive debt that will result from the Big, Beautiful Bill, the lack of access to healthcare, the housing affordability crisis, economic policies that favor the ultrawealthy over the poor and middle class, the deteriorating checks and balances, the increasing incivility and violence of our disagreements, the barriers to the immigration which made our country great… all of these changes will have some impact during my remaining lifetime.  But by far the greatest impact will fall increasingly on the generations to come.  I joined in starting this movement in the hopes that we can do something to help ensure that future generations will enjoy the security, freedom and economic prosperity with which America has graced me for the seven plus decades of my life.

I am an immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1987 and became a citizen in 2008. I am appalled by the direction that our country is going towards—more an autocracy than a democracy—and I firmly believe that sitting at home saying how awful everything is won’t make a change.  Rise Up for Five is a way to DO something. I hope and pray that others will join Rise Up for Five and between us we can effect a change.

My career was devoted to environmental education. I love swimming, biking, and hiking in the air, waters and wonderful preserves of land all of us in America share. I hate someone making money off of what’s OURS and our children’s as our environment is plundered for the profit of a few! THIS WEEK there’s the proposal to repeal the "endangerment findings” which would  buck decades of scientific findings and would lead to the widespread deregulation of vehicle and power plant emissions. No wonder fossil fuel producers have never stopped investing, with a belief they will be able to continue. Tomorrow, it will be tons of new threats that keep my head spinning so I will forget about the Epstein files.

I will feel better doing my part for 5 minutes a day.

Why Rise Up for Five? As the idea for Rise Up for Five was shared with me, it was only natural to join the movement. I am concerned about what is happening and its impact on our democracy, human rights and policy as well as the global impact of the changes and policy shifts. The speed with which changes are being made alarms me. Rise Up for Five provides a way for me to be heard on an ongoing basis.