On July 21, 2018, after an entire year of nonstop organizing, and studying full time in high school, the young women of Zero Hour marched in the pouring rain on Washington and on 25 cities around the world. We demanded urgent climate action from you and all our leaders. We weren’t asking nicely then, and we sure as hell are not asking nicely now. We have been unwavering in our fight for change and it’s time the older generations work with us.
Our work doesn’t stop there. This past summer, we put on the Youth Climate Summit in Miami, which taught over 350 young people about the climate crisis and how to take action. All year, we have been carrying out a campaign called #GetToTheRoots, where we have trained 700 young people to serve as climate justice ambassadors in their communities and spread the word about the systems of oppression - like patriarchy - that are the root of the climate crisis.
The young women I work with push me forward. We have been working nonstop and honestly, the lack of action from the adults around us is almost enough to leave us hopeless. What has happened to our planet is unacceptable. But as a group, we won’t back down. We work together and we fight together because we know this is the only way we can have the future we deserve. We will change the world because we must save our world.
Zero Hour is led almost entirely by young women, and as a group, we are standing up to the climate crisis. I always joke that climate change is a man-made problem, which is why women should rule the world. But let's be honest, it's not really a joke.
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