To our supporters,
We thank you for making our mission possible. With your help, we would like to continue these kinds of actions until we are guaranteed a livable future.
This September, Zero Hour engaged in a flurry of activism and made the perspectives of young people visible at the highest levels of power. Members of our organization led rallies, spoke before congressional committees, and presented at a United Nations summit. They ensured that world leaders were equipped to make decisions based on the perspectives of communities that are most affected by the climate crisis, viewpoints that are often ignored or suppressed in politics.
We started on the thirteenth with the first D.C. Youth Climate Strike of September outside of the White House. Founder and Co-Executive Director Nadia Nazar helped to lead the march alongside Advocacy Director Ethan Wright and globally-renowned activist Greta Thunberg. The rally served as a prelude to even larger strikes planned later in September and garnered worldwide media attention.
Our team followed this with a busy week of action beginning with congressional meetings. On Monday, we discussed the personal consequences of climate change for communities on the front lines of climate change with Representative (D-NY) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. On Tuesday morning, we held a press conference with Senator (D-MA) Ed Markey and other senators and youth activists. Later that day, we were invited by Senator Markey to speak in front of the Senate Climate Change Task Force; Madelaine Tew and Anaiah Thomas spoke , members of Zero Hour also lobbied the offices of even more senators to take urgent action to solve the climate crisis. On Wednesday, we lobbied alongside Greta Thunberg and met with Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Earlier that day, our founder and Co-Executive Director Jamie Margolin testified alongside Ms. Thunberg in front of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. On Thursday, we held another press conference, this time with Representative (D-CA) Barbara Lee in support of teaching climate change in schools via House Resolution 574.
We ended the week with a second D.C. Youth Climate Strike culminating in a march to the lawn of the Capitol, where activists and politicians spoke about various issues concerning climate change.
The event was attended by around 10,000 people, with millions striking in solidarity all over the globe. Later that night, Ms. Nazar and other Zero Hour team members were interviewed for a special climate crisis episode of MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes, filmed live in Washington D.C.
After the strike, our team made various appearances at the United Nations Youth Climate Summit in New York City on the twenty-first. Ms. Margolin, Ms. Nazar, and founder and Director of Finance Madelaine Tew presented our new Get To The Roots climate justice education campaign at the summit.
We thank you for making this campaign and all of these actions possible. In order to continue our fight for climate justice in the future, we rely on your generous support. Our movement depends on previous generations uplifting the voices of youth who will be most affected by the climate crisis. Your donations are the perfect way to stand up for future generations while still ensuring that we have control of our own future.
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The Zero Hour Team
