Parents unite to Support Youth Climate Strike
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 24 2021:
Parent climate activists from 19 countries, who work together as part of the Parents For Future Global network, conveyed emotional message of support to young climate activists who took part in a global movement on Friday.
Part of a community of mothers, parents and relatives all around the world, they have joined together to create a video calling all adults to support the global day of climate action - online, or on the streets.
The video message - "Stand Together Now" - is available with subtitles in nine languages: https://youtu.be/3LffT21EC9E.Kamila Kadzidlowska, a documentary filmmaker and mother of three boys from Rodzice dla Klimatu (Parents For Future Poland) > explains, that "The main idea of making this video was to express our thankfulness to the young climate strikers, who woke us up about climate justice and give us hope for a better future for our children" .
But it is also a way to show that the climate crisis touches families everywhere, no matter who we are or where we live, our children's future is at stake.
''That's why we need to support the climate strikers, act together, and demand real system changes from our leaders," she adds.
The Global Climate Strike has been called by Fridays For Future ahead of COP26 to demand intersectional climate justice and seeks to highlight the importance of voices from most affected areas.
The parent climate activists support the youth demands for climate justice in its broadest sense and ask other parents to join them in supporting the youth actions.
As in the youth movements, parents in most impacted areas are also actively pushing for climate action.
Among others, messages of support have been sent by Amuche Nnabueze, from Parents for Future Nigeria; Ana Ancines of Colombia; Clara Ransom of Miami; Mariana Menezes of Brazil and parent voices from countries including India, New Zealand Mexico, Nigeria, Brazil, Italy, Australia, the UK, Germany and many more.
Parents For Future Global is a network of grassroots climate parent activists around the world that works to make the climate strike movement intergenerational.
They were inspired by both their love of their children and concern for their future and by the Fridays For Future and school strike movements in 2019 and now encompass hundreds of groups in countries all around the world.