Talk: Climate Activism [] Center for Global Justice
Event Category: Presentations/Discussions
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Monday, November 1, 20211:00 pm Mexico time – 2:00pm CDT – 3:00pm EDT
Atahualpa Caldera Sosa
Recently hundreds of climate protesters were arrested at the US Capital, targeting Representatives beholden to fossil fuel corporations. They demanded that the President and Congress act boldly against the climate crisis. Elsewhere indigenous peoples protest oil pipelines crossing their lands. Around the world climate activists continue the climate protests sparked in 2019 by a global wave of school strikes led by young people, reminding us that we are failing them by our inaction. Greta Thunberg was their defiant voice.
The film “Climate Revolution” documents that global challenge by youth and the response of the older generation. It focuses specifically on a day of climate action in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Filmmaker Atahualpa Caldera Sosa will tell how Mexicans and ex-pats of all ages marched and rallied, responding to Greta’s call. They carried signs “There is no planet B” and “The fierce urgency of now.” Across the globe on that day millions also listened and awakened to the peril.
What we do The Center engages in local community support and outreach to promote and advance initiatives and movements toward social justice, grassroots empowerment and democracy, and environmental sustainability. It is also devoted to critical analysis of the processes and impacts of globalization, both local and international. The Center works to develop alternative socio-economic systems that conserve and share the world’s cultural, economic, and environmental resources for the benefit of humankind.
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