Get Up, Stand Up: What Actions Move the Needle?

From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, activists have long sought to bring pressing issues into the public consciousness. Climate activism is no different. This past Earth Day spawned a new ripple of climate activism. Activists protested at the headquarters of BlackRock in New York City, smeared paint on the casing around an Edgar Degas statue and even tried to block the entrance of the White House Correspondents dinner in DC. But that’s not the only style of activism that’s happening. Some are working from within big institutions to effect change. So what actions really move the needle?

Guests: 

Dana Fisher, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland 

Rose Abramoff, Earth Scientist and Climate Activist  

Ilana Cohen, Lead Organizer, Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard

For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org.

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