NYC Schools,
Kids, Parents and Teachers to March
Local
Schools to join the People’s Climate March this Sunday September 21st
New York – Upwards of 100,000
people are expected to join the People’s Climate March this Sunday,
September 21 in what will be the largest demonstration for climate action
in history. The People’s Climate March has been endorsed by over 1,200
organizations, including the nation’s largest environmental groups, 80 labor
unions, faith-based groups, and social justice groups including environmental
and climate justice groups in New York City.
We are expecting over 10,000 kids,
parents, teachers, and high school students to march on
Sunday, September
21st
WHO: 10,000 NYC kids,
parents, teachers, K-12 youth, college students
Upwards of 100,000 total marchers in
Manhattan.
WHERE: Kids and Parents
Meetup pre-march
66th and Central Park West, north to
68th
WHAT: People’s Climate
March
WHEN: September 21st,
assembling between 9-10 am
On September 23, President Obama and
world leaders are coming to New York City for a historic UN summit on climate
change. On Sunday, we’ll take to the streets to demand the world we know is
within our reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet.
A world safe from the ravages of climate change. A world with good jobs, clean
air, and healthy communities for everyone.
As parents, grand-parents, teachers,
and friends, we have a historical responsibility to demand that our world
leaders respond to the threat of climate change with real solutions. The Kids,
Parents, and Teachers contingent of the march will feature activist and
musician, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, his daughter Bethany Yarrow,
Cellist Rufus Cappadocia, and more.
This is a peaceful, permitted,
family-friendly march.
More details available at: http://peoplesclimate.org/logistics/
Details about NYC Schools
involvement at: http://peoplesclimate.org/schools/
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This should be our first step in the Climate March!
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“If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains... the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.” Environmental Defense Fund
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