I was just arrested for the fourth time in four weeks in a peaceful demonstration for climate action. And I’m not alone. Dozens of activists like you have joined me in Washington, D.C. where political elites and corporate lobbyists can’t ignore us.

As a long time climate activist, I felt as though I wasn’t doing enough about the climate crisis. I’ve been deeply inspired by the student climate strikers that are already giving up so much to fight for their right to a future. So for the rest of us — what are we willing to give up? What actions will we take for this urgent major crisis? 

There is only one year and one day until the next Presidential election. There’s so much at stake in 2020 — we can’t leave our planet and our communities in the hands of climate deniers and their corporate polluter allies. So today…