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Fridays for Future DC — https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/ https://fridaysforfuture.org/
QR Code and fill out the onboarding form or visit the link in their Instagram bio @dem.at.home. You can also visit the website (www. demathome.com/) to learn more about the organization’s beliefs and legislative demands, read their blog, and join the fight. Together, we can create meaningful change across the city!
The local chapter of the Fridays for Future (FFF) network, a youth-led and -organized movement that organizes inter - generational strikes to demand urgent climate action to fight for our futures. FFF began in August 2018, after then 15-year-old Greta Thun - berg and other young activists sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks, protesting against the lack of action on the climate crisis. She posted what she was doing on Instagram and Twitter and it soon went viral. Today, there are local groups in over 7500 cities globally, with representation on all continents. On September 17th, 2023, FFF-DC will be among the local groups from along the East Coast who will be striking in New York City to- gether with a mass mobilization all joining the “GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE TO END FOSSIL FUELS” to End the Era of fossil fuels. Other local groups across the US will also be holding actions on September 15th. To learn more, and to join the different mobilizations, demonstra - tions, rallies, marches, and more happening across the globe, reach out to your local youth climate movement and stand up for climate justice at https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/local-groups/.
Other Youth Activist Groups in the DMV
DC Teens Action — www.dcteensaction.org
DC Teens Action aims to unify students from all over the DC area for social action and civic engage - ment projects across a broad range of causes and experiences. Members hail from 90 middle schools, high schools and universities across the District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. Their current projects include:
● A Digital Access Fund , which provides students in need with items including earbuds, laptop cases, chargers, and printer ink/paper, to help them access their online classes and the organization’s virtual programming. ● Advocacy Trainings and Art Builds , which includes ses- sions on how to phone-bank, how to write letters to your rep- resentatives, and how to plan/lead your own protest about student-centered issues; and past art-build events have been for March For Our Lives, The Palm Collective, and Queer Youth Assemble. ● Local Actions and Mutual Aid Updates , using social me- dia platforms to connect the DMV with protests, mutual aid, petitions, and civic engagement resources.
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