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Representation Matters: LGBTQIA+ Creators and Activists to Follow

Victoria Whalen, ACE Fellow

Representation matters! To see someone that represents your identity overcome their challenges can inspire a whole generation. This Pride month, here are a few LGBTQIA+ content creators everyone should know about. Read through this blog and check out each content creator’s social media platform. Don’t forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a like on their posts!

ACE INTERVIEW: Jazmine Alcon on Mental Health in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Victoria Whalen, ACE Fellow

Jazmine Alcon (she/her) is a Filipinx mental health advocate whose goal is to provide and help nourish collective healing among the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. She is one of the co-founders of the API Mental Health organization, which was started as a way to build a community for API identifying individuals to redefine the mental health conversation.

Representation Matters: AAPI Creators You Should Follow

For too long the climate movement has not reflected the leadership of those who represent the communities most affected by environmental degradation. This is both a disservice to the movement as a whole and these people and communities. Representation matters. This AAPI Heritage Month, here are just a few AAPI climate creators that should be on everyone’s radars.

Representation Matters: Youth Scientists and Eco/Climate Communicators to Follow

Victoria Whalen, ACE Fellow

Representation is the key to empowering future generations. To see someone that represents your identity overcome their own challenges can ignite a deep passion for change. Not only that, representation brings together communties of likeminded individuals who now have the support and ressaurance that they need to continue their passions. As the climate crisis rages on, we can take solace in knowing that youth scientists, activists, and climate communicators are advocating for change alongside us. Read through this blog and check out each content creator’s social media platforms. Don’t forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a like on their posts!

ACE INTERVIEW: Talulah Juniper on Youth Voices in Politics

Talulah Juniper is a 17-year-old Junior at Sonoma Academy in Sonoma County. She started doing climate action work when she was in about 6th grade because it seemed to be the only logical step for her after hearing about the climate crisis and seeing the direct damage it had inflicted around them.

ACTION FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY PRAISES GOV. EVERS CLEAN ENERGY PLAN FOR WISCONSINITES

Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE) applauds the Evers Administration for committing to a clean energy plan that sets the state on a path of 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050.

Climate Ride for Climate Justice

Ever wondered what it’s like to go on a Climate Ride? Join us as Ash, ACE’s Director of Distributed Organizing takes you along for the ride and shares the impact of a Climate Ride.

ACE INTERVIEW: Nithya Mooli on Combating Climate Misinformation

Nithya Mooli is a 16-years-old climate advocate based in Pennsylvania. She is currently in her third year at Great Valley High School where she is a member of both the Girl Up organization and ACE. Mooli describes Girl Up as “an amazing feminist activist club” at Great Valley High school and ACE as “the climate justice organization that we all love.” She is particularly interested in combating climate misinformation within the larger climate action movement. This is her story.

ACE Campaign Alert: Let’s Talk About It: What’s Your Climate Truth

With the climate emergency threatening mental health along with the health of the planet, ACE is setting out to normalize conversations about climate anxiety and create a community of support for struggling young people. #Let’sTalkAboutIt and speak #OurClimateTruth together.

Women’s History Month: Youth Activists You Should Know

By many social, economic, and political measures, women around the world are disproportionately impacted by the climate emergency. They are also at the forefront of the movement to engage in urgent climate action and lead the world into a new era of sustainability. It is imperative we all think critically about how to center the women in our circles in all capacities, but especially in regards to climate leadership. Highlighted below are just a few youth women activists paving the way for a new generation of climate and community defenders.