The route is set, the art is made, the rally speakers are finalized, and everything else is in place to make Friday’s climate strike the biggest day of climate action in history. Some 1.1 million kids have been given permission to skip school and take to the streets. And representatives from virtually every faction fighting or affected by this crisis—including 350Brooklyn—will be there insisting on bold action to tackle this unprecedented emergency.

Friday will be a day of demands—a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure, a just transition to a renewable economy, and payment from corporate polluters. Yet it will also be a day of hope, and one we can use to galvanize our work both now and in the year to come. Join us and help to make the strike and surrounding events—which include 350Brooklyn’s inaugural Climate Wednesdays, tonight at the Brooklyn Public Library—huge!

A Climate Strike FAQ

How to RSVP?
Visit this link to add yourself to the ranks.

Where and when to meet?
350Brooklyn will be gathering at 12pm in front of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse (40 Foley Sq), right across the street from Foley Square. Look for the tall orange or blue 350Brooklyn flags.

What’s the schedule?
12:00pm — Assemble at Foley Square
1:00pm — March to Battery Park
2:30–5:00pm — Rally at Battery Park (see below for speakers)

Who is speaking?
Youth activist Greta Thunberg, Sunrise Executive Director Varshini Prakash, and Vic Barrett, a 20-year-old plaintiff in Juliana vs US, to name just a few. Read the full list here.

What are the demands?
We all know we’re marching for climate action. Yet what are the specific asks? Go here to read the official demands.

Want to help out?
The march organizers still need marshals to help control crowd flow and keep people safe during the march. Sign up here if you can help out. No experience needed: they’ll train and prep you before things get rolling. Alternately, you can volunteer to distribute banners and art and help set up Foley Square and Battery Park here.

Care to share?
For the social media savvy, the day’s hashtags include #ClimateStrikeNYC,
#StrikeWithUsNYC, and #WeSideWithTheEarthNYC. Tell others why you are striking, and be sure to share to 350Brooklyn’s Facebook and Twitter. Don’t miss these videos and graphics you can use to tell others why you’ll be “out of office” on Friday. There’s also this social media toolkit with additional ways you can spread the word.

You can also pick up leaflets for flyering at the following locations:

Ethical Culture Society (2 West 64th St at Central Park West); leaflets in the lobby
1199SEIU (310 West 43rd St); leaflets in the lobby
NY State Nurses Association (131 West 33rd St between 6th and 7th Ave); leaflets on the 4th floor in a box when you get off the elevator
Lobby of 746 Union St in Park Slope, four doors down from 6th Ave

And don’t forget to invite all of your friends, family members, and colleagues to help make this huge!

Calendar of Events

The climate strike is part of an entire week climate action happening around the city. Here’s a select list of events. For the full list—there's much more!—visit the calendar.

9/18 — 350Brooklyn Climate Wednesdays: Local Strategies for a Livable World
7pm, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Info Commons Lab

9/20–21 — 7th NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit
Follow link for details.

9/22 — Fierce Feminist Solutions to End Climate Chaos
5:30–8pm, The Chelsea Loft, corner of 26th St & 6th Ave.

9/22 — Stop the War Machine and Save the Planet
2pm, Herald Square near 34th St and 6th Ave. Featuring Cornel West, other speakers, and music.

9/23 — Stop the Williams Pipeline: Long Island Press Conference and Rally
12–1pm, Theodore Roosevelt Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Ave., Mineola, NY

9/24 — Stop the Williams Pipeline: Action at National Grid
9am, 1 MetroTech, Brooklyn NY, 11201

9/25 — Climate Emergency: No More Business As Usual
8–9am, Plaza Hotel. More details to come soon.

9/26 — Stop the Williams Pipeline: Picket Governor Cuomo!
5:45–7:15pm, Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, NJ.

9/26 — Financing Our Low-Carbon Future: A Climate Week Symposium
6-9:30pm, Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive

Wise Words

"[Marches] give participants a palpable sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves; they provide validation of a movement’s existence and persistence. Their scale of course sends an important signal to legislators and policymakers, but in some ways it sends an even more important one to participants and sympathetic or interested observers. Mass protests [...] don’t so much harness power as galvanize the hope upon which organizing depends, opening up political space for further, and more targeted, action." —Leslie Cagan, veteran organizer and coordinator of People's Climate Movement NY

350Brooklyn takes local action to solve the climate crisis. We are an all-volunteer organization and welcome people of all backgrounds, skills, and availability. Interested in volunteering? Contact [email protected]. While we are an affiliate of 350.org, we are programmatically independent and our financial support comes solely from our members. Can you offer financial support? Donate here.