Activist and actor Sam Waterson, left, talks with Josh Fox during the thirteenth Fire Drill Friday.Inspired by Greta Thunberg and the youth climate strikes Jane Fonda has moved to Washington, D.C. to be closer to the epicenter of the fight for our climate. Every Friday through January 2020, she leads weekly demonstrations on Capitol Hill to demand that action by our political leaders be taken to address the climate emergency we are in. We can't afford to wait. Speakers for week thirteen include:
Janene Yazzie, Co-founder and CEO of Sixth World Solutions;
Ellen Dorsey, Executive Director of the Wallace Global Fund, GPUS Board Member and Major Donor;
Donna Chavis, Member of the Lumbee Tribe of Western NC, and Senior Fossil Fuels Campaigner with Friends of the Earth U.S.;
Katie Redford, American human rights lawyer, US Director of EarthRights International;
Veronica Coptis, Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice;
Josh Fox, American film director, playwright and environmental activist, best known for his Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning 2010 documentary, Gasland;
Janet Redman, GPUS Climate Director;
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, Director of 350.org North America., 8.19.90.13th Fire Drill Friday