Friday, Sept. 20, 2019

12 pm - 2 pm: Speakers and rally
2 pm - 4 pm: More rallying, planning, info tables

City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pgh

Event Details:

• Meet at the Downtown Pittsburgh City County Building at 12pm (noon)
• We’re asking everyone to wear black and red on strike day
• If you can, bring some signs!

Schedule:

• 11am: Before the strike begins, PA Interfaith Power & Light will hold a Peace Walk and Meditation starting at 11:00 AM from Trinity Cathedral, 328 Sixth Ave. and walking to the City County Building.
• 12pm: Everyone meets at City County Building, Speakers start
• 2pm: Striking & chants for solidarity
  • Everyone will also have the chance to visit tabling organizations taking action against climate change
• 4pm: Strike ends

Speakers (in order):

• Leandra Mira, 18, Upper St. Clair: Welcome and Climate Action Demands
• Malachi Browns, 5, Crafton: Plastic, waste and sea turtles.
• Maria Isabel Villegas, 18, Oakland: A Tale of Two Category 5 Hurricanes, how climate change is affecting vulnerable global communities
• Gunner Bjornson, 13, Washington County: Lives in a community affected by fracking
• Benjamin Gutschow, 17, Squirrel Hill: “The injustice of climate change: A call for united action” Speech from a high schooler's perspective of the climate crisis, and why it’s so important that high school students strike.
• Elsie Ley, 9, Trafford Borough: Impacts to wildlife and demands of Gov. Wolf
• Aidan Graber, 11, Trafford Elementary, Westmoreland County: Our fight against new oil and gas development in our community.
• State Rep. Sara Innamorato
• Dr. Patricia Demarco, grandmother and environmental activist. The older generation's perspective of the crisis and passing the torch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g0vKM9otco

fridaysforfuturepgh.org/event/global-climate-strike

fridaysforfuturepgh.org/event/global-climate-strike

fridaysforfuturepgh.org

facebook.com/XRPittsburgh

fridaysforfuture.org

strikewithus.org