Below is a rough sketch of the day, and links to more details — and there will be plenty of signs, volunteer marshals, and announcements tomorrow too.

The best thing to do is text CLIMATE to 21333 so that you can get all the updates during the march.

11:00 AM — We line up to march.

Walk, bike, Metro, or bus with your friends to the Capitol Build at 3rd and Jefferson SW and lineup to march. If you’re looking to march with a specific group of people, check out our lineup page — but no matter what, if you come to 3rd and Jefferson you’ll be in the right place.

12:30 — The march begins.

We’ll march up Pennsylvania Avenue and surround the White House. Most people will march north around the White House — those at the end of the march will turn left. There will be a huge jumbotron directing you to the correct side (and if you submit your sign here, that same jumbotron might show your sign to everyone marching).

2:00 — We’ll take collective action.

We’ll take action together in 3 steps:

1. We will hold a mass sit in for everyone who is able — look for march marshals to give the signal to sit. When you see people around you sitting, sit down!
2. For 100 seconds we’ll all build a collective heartbeat by tapping our chests in harmony to symbolize our unified resistance.
3. Finally, we’ll all rise together and celebrate our readiness to fight back with a collective roar as loud as we can.

To make sure you’re in sync with everyone else, text CLIMATE to 21333 so that you can get all the updates during the march.

3:00 Rally at the Washington Monument

We will reconvene at the Washington Monument grounds to hear from the front lines of the climate crisis and share solutions rooted in our own communities.

There will be music and beautiful art from around the country which we will assemble into one massive message of resistance.

5:00 The Peoples Climate March wraps up for the day.

After the march, continue to share your stories with us on social media, and send in your photos at peoplesclimate.org/submit. Take Sunday to rest — because on Monday, we all march again with our brothers and sisters in the labor movement as they mobilize for justice on May Day.

Remember: text CLIMATE to 21333 to get live updates during the march.

It takes everyone to change everything — and now, more than ever before, everything is at stake. Become a donor to the Peoples Climate Movement today and keep growing the resistance to the attacks on our climate, our communities, and our families.

The march is tomorrow! Get the play by play: was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

In just a few short days the Peoples Climate March will be surrounding Trump’s White House in the name of jobs, justice and climate action. Between now and then the Administration may decide whether to pull out of the historic Paris climate agreement.

Trump promised to withdraw from the agreement on the campaign trail — but massive resistance has forced him to reverse his position on other promises before, and it will again. Especially when we show him what the peoples’ movement for climate justice looks like.

We’ve made a logistics page with everything you need to know to have a safe, successful and beautiful march on April 29th in DC. Click here for the full details.

Here are the key things to keep in mind:

Timeline:

• March lineup begins at 11 AM, but get there earlier, if you can. Spring in DC is pleasant — and you’ll be with friends. You should line up with the community you are traveling or working with. The full lineup, including the meetup intersection for each group, can be seen here. Here’s a preview:

• March kickoff is 12:30 PM. We’ll begin marching up Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House. When we reach the White House we will take collective action by surrounding it — as a simple, effective reminder that the power of the people is greater than the people in power.
• End of March Activities begin at 3:00. We will reconvene at the Washington Monument grounds to connect and share the stories that brought us to DC. We’ll hear from the front lines of the climate crisis and share solutions rooted in our own communities. There’ll be music and beautiful art from around the country — and we’ll assemble our art into one collective message of resistance.

Visit the logistics page for a full schedule of events on the day of the march.

What to bring:

• Creative signs, art, and music (that does not use amplification) are all strongly encouraged. Especially signs or banners that let people know where you are from — whether that means your organization, your city or state, your country, or your community.
• Check the weather before you come to make sure you’re wearing the right number of layers and bringing the right amount of water. Generally, you should plan on wearing comfy shoes and not bringing too many things with you since we’ll be walking most of the afternoon.
• No weapons or illegal drugs (including marijuana, because the march is on Federal property) are allowed.

Visit the logistics page for all the details.

Accessibility:

• There will be accessible vans for those who cannot walk the route, as well as space reserved near the stage for seating and rest stops available along the route.
• Also, all jumbotrons will provide live Spanish translation for monolingual Spanish speakers and closed captioning for deaf and hard of hearing.
• Please see the logistics page for full accessibility information. If you require any additional accommodation please email accessibility@peoplesclimate.org by April 23rdand we will do our best to help.

All this and more is available on the logistics page. If you have other questions, please check the FAQs as well.

The bottom line is this: There are few things more uplifting in troubled times than being with community raising our voices together for the world we want to see.

After you have all the details you need, make sure your friends are there standing beside you. Click here to share the march with your friends on Facebook.

All the details you want to know for the Peoples Climate March! was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

It’s happening at parties from one coast:

Andrea Cuccaro on Twitter

@WomensMarchMia are making great art for #Miami #PeoplesClimate March & #ScienceMarch @CaroleMyers @MFSMiami

To another:

350 dot org on Twitter

Everywhere you look, people across the USA are getting ready for the Peoples #ClimateMarch. This is going to be beautiful. Here's San Diego:

And places in between:

Maureen Keane on Twitter

Have you started making your signs 4 the People's Climate March April 29th #Chicago? #ClimateMarch #PeoplesClimate @algore @Peoples_Climate

Salt Lake City, Utah

By people from all walks of life:

jhappy on Twitter

Sign making for #ClimateMarch & #ScienceMarch At @NorthernMichU

It’s being wheatpasted on telephone poles:

Made into little circles of resistance:

Big circles of resistance:

Or turned into big banners:

…and even bigger banners.

And other art it is being sung, together.

350 dot org on Twitter

We can raise our voices together in powerful song on April 29 #ClimateMarch. To learn "People gonna rise like the water" watch this video. https://t.co/ghZpk6Mqc6

Dozens of art builds are underway across the country and in Washington DC. At least 50 marching bands, choruses and other musical groups are planning to join the march too. Together we will be a beautiful, unmistakable collective image of resistance — that cannot be ignored.

Join the Peoples Climate March on April 29 here.

Art makes the march beautiful. And the Peoples Climate March will have lots of art. was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Keya Chatterjee, US Climate Action Network (Washington, D.C.)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

Climate change is a deeply personal issue for me. First, as a mom, it is my job to protect my son. He’ll be my age in 2050, which is the year that climate projections become scary — at least in the scenarios where we don’t stop big oil and big coal companies from destroying us. Inaction is not an option for me or for him. Second, as a Bengali woman, my parents were displaced once by partition, and it’s not acceptable to me to see more and more Bengali families being displaced by climate change and sea level rise. Finally, as a long-time resident of SW DC, I’m acutely aware that if Superstorm Sandy had hit DC, our community would have been under water. The Peoples Climate Movement provides the chance for all of us to stand together periodically to protect our families and communities. We *can* power our homes and our buildings with the sun and the wind and create jobs and secure justice for every community while we do it. We just need to get the corporate polluters out of leadership, and out of our way.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

As a family, we’ve adopted the new DC mantra that “Protest is the new brunch, and organizing is the new happy hour”. On the climate change front, we also live our resistance every day! We don’t have an electric car, so we ride bicycles, buses, and Metro to get around our city, and advocate for safer bicycling in our community. We advocate for everyone in our city to have access to solar, and we avoid writing checks to the utilities and oil companies that use our dollars to advocate against us. When we can, we grow our own food to stay connected to the land. We resist by living in the world we want to be in and protesting the EPA-less public health crisis that Trump and the fossil fuel companies are advocating.

What keeps you going?

My family. My son has boundless energy to organize!

Molly Rauch, Moms Clean Air Force (D.C.)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement Mean to You?

I march for my three children. My job as a mom is to protect their future, and climate change poses a fundamental threat to their health and wellbeing.

What’re you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

I help moms and dads learn more about air pollution, climate change, and advocacy by developing materials, planning community events, and implementing advocacy campaigns. I help moms and dads share their stories with lawmakers by preparing them to write letters, make phone calls, and meet with their elected officials.

What keeps you going?

My kids, who are funny and creative and inspiring. Also, our volunteers, who are passionate and dedicated.

Vien Truong, Green For All (Oakland, CA)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

The Peoples Climate Movement is a chance for people from all backgrounds to stand with communities living at the frontlines of some of the worst pollution in America for solutions that uplift the health, wealth, and security of everybody by leaving polluters no place to dump their waste.

My family and I got to the US as refugees from Vietnam in the early 80s. We became farm laborers in Portland, OR. My mom strapped me to her back as we picked strawberries. We moved to Oakland where we did work in sweatshops. I saw the connection between what was happening on farmlands and urban centers. What I do today is connect the climate and economy problems while working for solutions.

Green For All works for solutions to solve poverty and pollution. The Peoples Climate Movement is an opportunity to bring people together to stand with people suffering at the frontlines of pollution and climate change for transformative solutions.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

As Donald Trump is attacking climate protections in every way possible, we need state leaders to lead the resistance with climate policy that stands up for frontline families who have been hurt first and worst by fossil fuels. Our Frontlines First campaign is driving innovative climate policy that puts communities that have lived for too long with industrial pollution first in the clean energy economy.

In Flint, Michigan we are continuing to provide a megaphone for the community leaders and organizations working to address the crisis in Flint. In addition we are working with these leaders to turn the focus to the future of Flint, and what the community needs to sustainably and equitably rebuild itself into a prosperous city. Residents have gone through some of the worst years in recent history and now deserve the best the country has to offer — in expertise, support and resources– to help Flint make a comeback.

We are making sure the country understands that climate justice is racial justice and social justice. Our families are the ones at the frontlines. The ones whose lives will be risked first and worst when superstorms and hit, and the ones affected so much by air pollution that we can’t walk out of our homes. We need to make sure we engage people to care deeply about social and racial justice.

What keeps you going?

To me, this isn’t work. This is my life. My “work” comes from my deep unconditional love for Oakland, for my family, for my kids. It comes from gratitude to all those who helped me up and held me together when I was struggling. My work is my expression of love. And love is inexhaustible.

Charlyn Griffith, Soil Generation (Philadelphia, PA)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

This movement, like others, is an opportunity to reach people where they’re at. I think when you have an interest in addressing inequity in one area, you will undoubtedly be invited to participate in balancing the scales in others. I’ve been reframing this by defining the word climate: it’s a set of conditions in an area, it’s society, it’s our home lives, it’s our email inboxes. You know how people say as above, so below? Working for cleaner air and water, to plant more trees and grow better food sounds to me like caring for minds, bodies and spirits. Everything serves to further.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

Well, I’m a queer, woman and mother of Afro-Caribbean descent, and I’m an immigrant. My very existence is resistance to his agenda. My nature won’t allow me to succumb to the imaginary power of this or any other oligarchical, oppressive government agenda.

The first 100 days of this presidency have been rough. I’ve had to explain to my children when they asked how such a ‘bad person’ could become president. Because they are 6, 8 and almost 12 we have had to unpack politics, race, class and gender, hypocrisy and spin. My youngest son had a nightmare the night the election results were announced. The media spin has probably been most difficult to manage. Sometimes the anti-Trump messaging is as scary and menacing as his own behavior.

I’ve been particularly sensitive to the Immigration policies that President Trump’s administration has been playing with, shifting dangerous rhetoric and procedures like matchbox cars. The weekend that airline travelers were under siege I was all tears, remembering when I was undocumented, thinking about a potential future where I would be forced to apply for US citizenship in order to stay in the country with my American born children: it was a heavy emotional lift. Though it’s not a common emotion for me, I was enraged. And, it fuels the work, it grounds me to continue working towards what’s possible, and centering the voices of people most impacted. On the 100th day of this presidency, marching in the streets is my way of saying YES my communities have dreams, YES we live meaningfully and YES this planet has a chance at an equitable future for everyone.

What keeps you going?

My work and home lives are intermingled and inseparable. Remaining asset oriented in my work reminds me that people and our planet are strong, resilient and capable of the healing and regeneration that living requires. Also, and quite genuinely, working with organizations that really support the work I do, and value the human energy and experience that goes into organising and movement building is key.

My children were born at home. They were literally born and are growing with me in the movement. I’m grateful for this time and to be alive and bearing the vision for the future. We’re a Soil Generation, it’s what we do.

Colleen Forest, New Jersey Organizing Project

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean for you?

I live at the seashore; the water is my backyard, and I see the evidence of climate change with each higher-than-high tide; every time I have to call my boss to tell him I’m going to be late because the roads have flooded; each time my house, now on pilings since Superstorm Sandy, shakes in the severe storms which seem to be getting more frequently. Even my community, our way of life, is under siege because of climate change. Someday soon, my community will be underwater if we don’t do something. I cannot ignore the evidence of climate change, and I want to be the part of the solution. That’s why I march. I march for the marshland that lies just outside my front window. I march for the lagoon outside my back door, for the bay at the end of my road, and for the ocean, for the sand between my toes, for the feeling of the cool breeze coming through my windows on a hot day. I march for my neighbors. I march for my town and my state, for the country, and, most of all, for my daughter.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

Everything I possibly can. I make phone calls and write emails to my representatives to let them know how I feel on the issues that matter to me. I’ve been to the Women’s March in Washington, I’m going to go to the Tax March in D.C. this weekend, and I’ll be in Washington D.C., of course at the end of the month.

I will continue to march. I will continue to work to help my community recover from Superstorm Sandy. Too many of my neighbors still cannot go home. I don’t know when the next major storm will hit; but I know it’s not an if, it’s a when.

What keeps you going?

I don’t get a choice. I’m surrounded by climate change. I see it everyday and it’s only become more clear since Sandy hit. Ultimately, though, what keeps me going is a love of family. I want this to be the country that my grandfather fought for and to be a country my daughter is proud to call home.

Georgia Warner, D.C. Unites Against Hate (D.C.)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement Mean to You?

I believe in science. I do not believe in corporate interests running policy. I believe in the human rights’ of the Native Nations. I do not believe in wasting our resources for short term financial gain. I believe in fairly sharing the Earth. I do not believe in the Trump Administration.

What’re you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

Coalition Building! Resisting policies rooted in hate and ignorance. Defending neighbors from attacks on the vulnerable and marginalized. Building unity for a more multicultural and inclusive society.

What keeps you going?

My four month old son was born on Election Day. His father and I promised to help build a more equitable, sustainable world, and to be models of good neighbors and citizens. We call him the “born to resist baby!”

Suzi Ward, People’s Climate March Kansas City Steering Committee (KC, MO)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

The movement in general means empowering people to demand climate action by helping them find and amplify their voices. It means telling our Midwest story about what climate change looks like right here and right now. More than anything, though, as a parent, it means setting an example for my daughter to know her rights and responsibilities for active participation in our democracy. It means showing her the injustices and inequalities many people face so she will know the importance of the People’s Climate Movement. The foundations she lays now as a young lady will inspire her throughout her life.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

Anything I can do. Grassroots community organizing, calling and face-to-face visits with my members of congress, talking about fact-based science, networking with other progressives in the KC metro area to make our voices heard, and empowering others to do the same! I am also supporting litigators like the Sierra Club, NRDC, EarthJustice, and the Environmental Defense Fund by contributing individual donations. They will play a crucial role in fighting the Trump Administration and its supporters in court at each attempt to roll back environmental protections.

What keeps you going?

I remind myself of the courage of activists that pushed for environmental protection in the 1960s. Their demands influenced our elected leaders to create the environmental laws that we are defending today. I imagine the future that my daughter might live in if we lose those protections. I want her to be able to look back on the success of this climate movement and say, “My mom did that! And she did that because she loves me.”

…

The Peoples Climate March for Climate, Jobs, and Justice is a massive collective mobilization of environmental, indigenous, racial justice, economic justice, and immigrant groups demanding an economy and a government that works for working families and the planet. On April 29, 2017, the 100th day of the Trump Administration, we will flood the streets of D.C. and surround the White House to show the full strength of our love, camaraderie, power, and pride. Join us! To change everything, we’ll need everyone.

We Resist. We Build. We Rise.

These Mothers Are Fighting Climate Change for Their Children was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

There are over 800 organizations, networks and community groups that are mobilizing for the Peoples Climate March on April 29. It will be an epic show of resistance 100 days after Trump’s inauguration, and tens of thousands of people are planning to attend. Here are some of the beautiful — and surprising — faces you’ll see in the streets on the 29th:

Indigenous climate leaders:

Peoples Climate on Twitter

I march to elevate the indigenous voices that have the solutions to the climate crisis."-Tom Goldtooth, Exec. Director @IENearth #WhyIMarch

Scientists who are seeing their research under attack:

This retired coal miner who sees a better way for the future:

350 dot org on Twitter

This retired coal miner knows coal is dangerous, and a bad bet. Why he's joining the 4/29 #ClimateMarch: https://t.co/fhEOfy0nRW

These fisherman building their own climate solutions on the water:

Schumacher Center on Twitter

ClimateMarchbySea: @GreenWaveOrg is leading a delegation of fishermen and ocean farmers to DC on April 29th https://t.co/HfKsmKeuFc

Ice cream makers:

Ben & Jerry's on Twitter

The Earth needs your voice! Join us at the @Peoples_Climate March in Washington, DC April 29th >> https://t.co/2UqZGVqksI #ClimateMarch

Frontline activists:

UPROSE on Twitter

On April 29th I march for my people.... Join us in DC to march for Climate Justice #ittakesroots #beyondthemoment #buildtheresistance https://t.co/yV52CrFpgX

Teenagers fighting for their future:

CBECal on Twitter

Meet youth Resisting Tesoro refinery crude Invasion 2the WCoast & connection 2Dakota Access. #PeoplesClimateMarchLAhttps://t.co/g3Exezsb8d

And parents fighting for their kids too:

Climate Parents on Twitter

I'm marching to protect my daughter from the escalating impacts of climate change through a #cleaneneregy future #WhyIMarch #PeoplesClimate

At least one former Vice President:

Al Gore on Twitter

We must fight like our world depends on it. Join me at the People's #ClimateMarch on April 29: https://t.co/qSg7AENwFL #BeInconvenient

Jews for climate justice:

AJWS on Twitter

March w us in the @Peoples_Climate March in DC on 4/29! We march for people at the front lines of #ClimateChange https://t.co/XDDCq6hH6L

A whole lot of nurses — and other organized labor leaders:

1199SEIU Caregivers on Twitter

WhyWeMarch: Our air, water & families are under attack by dirty fuel corporations & the politicians they pay for. #ClimateMarch 4/29

NationalNursesUnited on Twitter

Whether you've been marching for decades or you're coming out for the first time, come on April 29th. https://t.co/wkoRY1jDkJ #climatemarch

SEIU on Twitter

WhyIMarch: Trump's climate EO condemns families to unhealthy conditions that benefit corporations over communities. https://t.co/3Xu92P3z7D

Kids suing the federal government for creating climate chaos:

Power Shift Network on Twitter

Why #YouthVGov plaintiff @vict_barrett will join the 4/29 #ClimateMarch: "My generation will change the way the world works." #WhyIMarch

Some wonderful artists:

Peoples Climate on Twitter

Around the country we are making art for the #climatemarch. AMAZING photos from @SanDiego350. Find an event near you:https://t.co/QSiUmpFHKZ

These young millennials of color who are leading the next wave of the movement:

Bradley E. Williams on Twitter

Amazing story of young Millennials who are making a difference with the Peoples Climate Movement! https://t.co/ak6fcdmjwO #PeoplesClimate

This Iraq war veteran:

Peoples Climate on Twitter

Why Iraq war veteran Claude is joining the #ClimateMarch: "I deeply feel how necessary it is for us to come together now." #whyIMarch

And everyone else who is sick of the lies, the pollution and the deception — and is ready to resist, build and rise together:

Ben Cushing on Twitter

One month till @Peoples_Climate: I march for many reasons, top of the list is building better world for my niece. #WhyIMarch #ClimateMarch

Tess Krasne on Twitter

I march to resist the dark side of the Force, which is built on fear, anger, and hate. To change everything, we need EVERYONE. #WhyIMarch

Bradley E. Williams on Twitter

I march for my future as a black man in America & fight against the injustice that is in our country! April 29th it's on! #WhyIMarch

David Sanchez on Twitter

@Peoples_Climate I am marching because my hometown of @cityofdentontx has highest ozone level in Texas for the last three years. #WhyIMarch

Charlie Furman on Twitter

I'll be at the #climatemarch because if we don't fight hard for the things we stand for, do we really stand for them? #whyimarch #wellstone

Christellar 📎 on Twitter

Climatechange is a survival issue; a security threat that involves energy, economy, and the environment. 🌎🌍🌏 #WhyIMarch

Join them — and so many more — at the Peoples Climate March on April 29. Together we will resist, we will build and we will rise.

These are the people coming to the Peoples Climate March: was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

1254 miles

How far riders on the bus from Wichita, Kansas will travel to the Peoples Climate March — the longest bus trip of any of the hundreds of organized buses to the march.

3 days

How long a group of fisherman will be traveling, by boat, to protect their livelihoods and community as part of the #climatemarchbysea.

2016

The hottest year in recorded history — beating out 2015 and 2014, which are in the #2 and #3 hottest year slots.

182 Politicians

The number of members of congress who were climate deniers in 2016.

22 — and growing

The number of blocks in the march, representing communities and causes of all kinds, from families to labor rights and more.

$0

The amount of money available for environmental justice programs in Trump’s EPA budget.

50 enormous circular banners:

The total count of the circles of resistance being made by networks at art builds across the country to spread beneath the Washington Monument as the march comes to a close.

50+ marching bands and choruses

That’s how many musical acts are planning to join the march in the streets on April 29th — so Washington will both see and hear our power. Get ready to get down.

$365,000,000

The net worth of Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after being CEO of ExxonMobil, which knew the truth about climate change and covered it up for decades.

50+ events

The total number of trainings, convergences, art builds, lobby days, demonstrations and other side events that will be taking place throughout DC surrounding April 29th.

837 organizations (and growing)

The number of labor unions, community groups, environmental justice organizations, racial justice groups, climate organizing networks, immigrant defense organizations, progressive powerhouses and Resistance groups that have endorsed the march.

Everyone

The people needed to change everything. We need to see you in the streets on April 29th as we resist, build and rise together.

RSVP here for the Peoples Climate March on April 29th

Peoples Climate March 2017 — By the Numbers was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Jeremiah Lowery, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (Washington, D.C.)

What does the People’s Climate Movement mean to you?

It means the union movement, environmentalists, community groups and neighbors coming together to let the world know that it’s time to get organized to address climate change, and we must now seize the moment to stop policies that will cause devastating damage to our planet.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

I am connecting with my neighbors, I am getting involved in community organizations that push for strong environmental policies on the local and national level, and I am continuing to march on the front lines with D.C. residents to ensure our collective voices are heard.

What keeps you going?

My belief that we can create a world where the water that runs through public housing and schools is not filled with lead, where children are no longer suffering with asthma due to poor air quality in our communities, and a world where we can utilize the sun and wind for all our energy use and not the dirty fossil fuels of the past.

Jordan Marie Daniel, Rising Hearts Coalition & D.C. ReInvest Coalition (Washington, D.C.)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

Since 8th grade, I’ve wanted to move to D.C. and advocate for Indian Country. Seeing firsthand the issues we continually deal with, I felt that we deserved better, and that starts with being heard. I started silently organizing when I moved to D.C. in 2013, and mostly supported Indigenous voices locally, that I looked up to. All that changed when I received a phone call to organize some events for the Standing Rock youth who were running to D.C. to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline in July of 2016. Since then, I have been organizing, made a trip to Standing Rock, and then, I felt the need to have my voice heard, by amplifying the voices coming from these communities, specifically, Standing Rock. I never wanted to be in front of people speaking, but this was important to me.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

Grassroots organizing is important for marginalized groups, who don’t have ready access to media and who do not make a strong enough voting block to be catered to by less principled politicians. Organizing also ensures that people, rather than special interests with special access, have a direct say in the policies that affect them. Especially for Native Americans, who have traditionally been marginalized in society but for whom the policies and respect that we fight for can make enormous impacts on our communities and future generations, this work is essential. That said, it’s important to note that Native Americans tend to fight for what is right and just for ALL people, not just our own interests. We know we are all related, that we all share this world, and that we all have to be responsible for the care and stewardship of not only the earth, but also for those who rely upon it for life.

What keeps you going?

I founded Rising Hearts off an idea and dream. It took me a long time to figure out what it would be, what the purpose of it would be. I wanted to do something for the people, to organize and represent the Indigenous voice and presence in D.C. on issues occurring in our communities, where decisions are made for us, and not with us. I’m blessed to have my best friend join in on this venture with me as I have seen her grow with confidence and has a strong, passionate care for Native Americans. We’re a dynamic Duo taking on D.C. and uniting the people.

Ariel Richer, Rising Hearts Coalition & D.C. ReInvest Coalition (Washington, D.C.)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

When I moved to D.C. a year ago, I never saw myself as an organizer or an activist. I was content being a behind the scenes advocate, quietly supporting those in my life who were more vocal. It started with a run greeting the youth from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, bringing awareness to the Dakota Access Pipeline. The run evolved into a rally, a protest, a march, a panel, a livestream, a public address with a bullhorn, culminating with co-founding the Rising Hearts Coalition. This wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t a have a friend, best-friend, sister, and fellow coalition co-founder to introduce me to a more active form of community organizing.

What are you doing currently to resist the Trump Agenda?

Organizing has created a sense of community in my life. When you work towards a goal with a community, when you lose sleep, work long hours, fight set-backs together, celebrate victories together, you forge an unbreakable bond. That bond keeps the community together through whatever may come.

It’s easier to step out of your comfort zone when it’s for something that matters; people matter.

Aiyi’nah Ford, The Future Foundation (D.C.)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement Mean to You?

The climate movement means fighting for a generations of oppressed people to finally see the day they can breathe freely.

What’re you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

I’m creating leader-FULL spaces to make organizing great again.

What keeps you going?

The Future adults I organize with everyday.

Claude Copeland, Iraq Veterans Against the War (Queens, NY)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

I see the Peoples Climate Movement making the connection of how our treatment of our world affects so many areas of our lives. It’s people coming to realize and deeply feel how necessary it is for us to come together now, with so many of our people as well as our planet being under attack.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

I haven’t been a part of that many actions, personally. I’m excited to be part of current planning with our local IVAW chapter and on our Board for how we can best lend support to those communities that are being targeted by the Trump Agenda. I’m excited to take part in the Peoples Climate March and for our organization to provide further skills and avenues to our members to be able to find ways in their areas to resist the Trump Agenda.

What keeps you going?

Community. I know it’s not an original answer but it’s in the various communities that I’ve been a part of the past 5 years that have helped me to feel not only hopeful but assured that we will bring real change into our own lives, even if it’s in ways we can’t imagine. I am proud of the different identities that I have come to embrace even deeper as a Black man, a Veteran, a Christian and so much more I still have to learn about myself that I look forward to moving ahead with the various people in my life to see what will come for us in the future.

Genesis Abreu, WE ACT for Environmental Justice (New York, NY)

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

It is redefining the environmental movement through an intersectional lens and giving this movement a new face. The Peoples Climate Movement means that communities of color and low income communities are not backing down to this administration because the air we breathe and the safety of our own homes is now on the line. This movement is for our families, for our neighbors, and for everyone’s future.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

I am organizing in my neighborhood and shedding light on how the Trump Agenda, especially his War on the Environment directly impacts our everyday lives. My Latinx community cares about the health of our environment as well as the health of our families that live in Latin America and the Caribbean.

What keeps you going?

Collective Action. That is what this Movement is calling for and this momentum is going to continue!

Katherine Quaid, 350Vermont

What does the Peoples Climate Movement mean to you?

It means intersectionality. All of our issues are tied together and I can see how each movement is directly affected by climate change. To end climate change we need everyone and we need to follow the leadership of indigenous leaders, frontline communities, and those who have the most at stake. By recognizing how we are interconnected, I think our movement will truly thrive.

What are you currently doing to resist the Trump Agenda?

Attending marches and rallies in our town; working for a climate action organization; reading books to get myself further educated on authoritarian regimes and social movements.

What keeps you going?

My family; I remember all of my ancestors who have fought for me to be here, for me to live in this moment and have the opportunity to represent my family and heritage. I think of my descendants; I want them to experience all the beauty on earth, I want to leave this world better for them.

…

The Peoples Climate March for Climate, Jobs, and Justice is a massive collective mobilization of environmental, indigenous, racial justice, economic justice, and immigrant groups demanding an economy and a government that works for working families and the planet. On April 29, 2017, we will fill the streets of D.C. to show the full strength of our love, camaraderie, power, and pride. Join us! To change everything, we’ll need everyone.

We Resist. We Build. We Rise.

Meet 7 Millennials of Color Making a Difference with The Peoples Climate Movement was originally published in Peoples Climate Movement on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.