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Young People are our future: IT’S ZERO HOUR Meet the young refugee behind Zero Hour’s climate platform

20-year-old Kibiriti Majuto of Zero Hour

The insanity of our current administration only basing decisions on BELIEF rather than EVIDENCE (Notice how cavalier Trump is about using the words “I believe…” )  As we look to the future any good change in this country is coming from our young people.  Help support and nurture them…This article from Grist is inspiring and hopeful.

Standing on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on a rainy Saturday morning, 20-year-old Kibiriti Majuto tells me there’s something he doesn’t understand. He gestures to the U.S. Capitol building looming tall in the distance, and asks: If the vast majority of scientists believe in climate change, then why is the government not taking action?

Behind him, a crowd of young people wear shirts with slogans like “Choose a cooler world” and hold up hand-drawn signs that read “Youth for climate action now.” Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, an indigenous hip-hop artist, raps in the background, “Fight for the cause, die for the dream.”

When the group begins to march, Majuto’s near the front. Megaphone in hand, rain pouring down, he leads a chant, shouting, “What time is it?” The crowd, headed toward the Capitol, yells back, “Zero Hour!” (read more here at Grist)

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