I have some very exciting news.
While at the Powershift conference in Pittsburgh, PA this past October, I signed up to march
a section of the Great March for Climate Action, or the Climate March. The
march begins in California in March of 2014, and plans to arrive in Washington
D.C. in the following November.
Originally, I planned to only walk
from Pittsburgh, PA to D.C. Since I signed up, plans have changed. Now, I am
starting in Taos, New Mexico immediately following the end of my spring
semester of college. That means I will be walking about 2,000 miles over the
course of six months across the country to raise awareness for the global
climate crisis and the urgent need for action.
I can’t tell you how excited I am.
I will be following in the footsteps of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., women’s
rights activists, and nuclear disarmament activists. Yet, my fellow marchers
and I will be carving out a path very separate from them. We are fighting a different
fight from what our predecessors did, and our work to save the planet might
prove to be the most important movement in all of history. We only have one Earth;
we can’t afford to ruin it.
I am thrilled to be walking with so
many inspiring and amazing people, with ages ranging from 6 to 82 and origins from all over America,
as well as El Salvador, Canada, Belize, and Ecuador.
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Fundraising
However, I can’t simply join this
cause for free. Each marcher is expected to cover his or her own expenses
through fundraising, which equates to about $20 for each day we march. I have
to raise about $3,800 for my section of the march, as well as the cost for my
one-way plane ticket to New Mexico, and a little bit of extra to have on hand
for spending/emergencies. Overall, my goal is to raise $4,500.
I need your help to make my dream
to stand up for the world we love to come true. I would be eternally grateful
if you could contribute to my fundraising in some way, no matter how big or
small.
