Hello [applause] outk you so much for coming to strike with us for the climate. [applause] ready . Are we ready . Hey, everybody. Lets get started. Lets do this. We are your emcees for todays strike my name is nadia, im 17 years old, im from baltimore, maryland. I am a founder of zero hour as well is the art director of zero hour. Round of applause for nadia [cheers and applause] hello, everyone, my name is ethan wright im the advocacy director of zero hour, im so glad all of you are here. Well be striking and having great speeches and performances. Thank you again. Can i get a round of applause soto . Too . Thank you. [applause] first we wanted to start with an acknowledgment, were going to introduce come on up here. [cheers and applause] hello, everyone how we all feeling today . [cheers and applause] its a Beautiful Day to be alive here on mother earth, isnt it . My name is jessie and im a proud member of the indian nation. [cheers and applause] we are the Indigenous People of maryl
Asia, europe, and australia were organizers say more than 300,000 marched the largest demonstration since the invasion of iraq in 2003. Hundreds of thousands of students and their allies are set to march in the United States, including here in new york city at of next weeks u. N. Climate action summit. We will host a roundtable discussion with youth organizers of the strike, including isra hirsi executive director and cofounder of the u. S. Youth climate strike, who is also the daughter of congressmember ilhan omar, and Kelsey Juliana, lead plaintiff in the landmark youth Climate Lawsuit against the u. S. Government. We are tatalking about our lives. Individualsg those who seem to be putting guns to the four heads of all youth to not only not pull the trigger, but remove your weapon. Amy and we will break the sound barrier with a student from afghanistan who is invited to participate in the firstever u. N. Youth Climate Summit to take place saturday, but the u. S. Rejected his visa. He
Heir, everybody. Lets get started. Lets do this. We are your m. C. s for todays strike my name is nadia, im 17 years old, im from baltimore, maryland. Cheers and applause] im with zero hour. Round of applause for nadia [cheers and applause] hello, everyone, my name is ethan wright im the advocacy director of zero hour, im so glad all of you are here. Well be striking and having great speeches and performances. Can i get a round of applause too . Thank you. [applause] first we wanted to start with an acknowledgment, were going come on up here. [cheers and applause] hello, everyone how we all feeling today . [cheers and applause] its a Beautiful Day to be alive here on mother earth, isnt it . [cheers and applause] my name is jessie and im a proud member of the indian nation. We are the Indigenous People of maryland. Our traditional territory follows the Potomac River all the way down to the chesapeake bay. [cheers and applause] i want everyone to take a moment and feel the ground beneath
We did it for the money they did it for the money they did it for the money ey did it for the money they didnt do it for the boys didnt do it for the girls didnt do it for the mothers didnt do it for the daughters didnt do it for me didnt do it for you didnt do it for the weak didnt do it for the they did it for the money hey did it for the money what they did do it for the money they did it for the money thank you so much. My name is caroline. Theres a fundamental problem with our relationship with money in this country. Money is stitch intoed fabric, the foundation of our society. I do think its important to have events like this and stand up to power. We live in a society where money is power. And it dictates everything we do. When you stand out here, youre standing up to money and power. [indiscernible] thank you so much for being here. I really appreciate it. Give it up one more time for caroline rose. [cheers and applause] ok. So were going to be a little interactive now with the
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