Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Issue: Environmental and Social Justice
Program Topic: Generation Climate Rising Rally in Augusta
Key Discussion Points:
a) This past Saturday, April 11th, Maine Students for Climate Justice held a rally and march in Augusta, calling it Generation Climate Rising. Students from colleges, universities and high schools from across state, and supporters, called on Governor LePage to put a freeze on all new fossil fuel infrastructure and to support measures to bring more solar and conservation to the state.
b) Speakers and participants spoke on climate justice, the need for Maine’s government to take climate change seriously, the already changing environment and the need for immediate action.
c) This year’s Maine Youth Activism Gathering will be held Saturday April 18th -Monday April 20th, three days of workshops and community building.
https://maineyag.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maine-Youth-Activism-Gathering/199809673382110
Guests:
A) Organizers with Maine Students for Climate Justice : Meaghan LaSala (USM), Maddie Lamal-Brown (Bowdoin), Matthew Miles Goodrich (Bowdoin), Iris SanGiovanni (USM), Catherine Fletcher (UMO), Michelle Fournier (350 Maine)
http://mainestudentjustice.wix.com/mainestudents#!about_us/c14e3
https://www.facebook.com/MaineClimateJustice
http://www.centralmaine.com/2015/04/09/generation-climate-rising-demonstration-in-augusta/
B) student participants from universities, colleges and high schools across the state
C) Christine, Pine Tree Youth Organizing, http://ptyo.org/