Visual display from pedestrian bridge at noon
The climate is in crisis, and area activists will draw attention to the calamity faced by future generations today (Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, from noon to 1 p.m. with a visual call for action.
A rally will follow at 1:30 p.m. on the Clinton Village Green.
Indivisible Mohawk Valley will join thousands of other communities across the world in the Youth Climate Strike by spelling out #CLIMATE STRIKE from the pedestrian bridge over Utica’s North-South Arterial.
Millions of young people around the world are organizing these strikes to bring attention to the impacts of the climate crisis. We are standing up against the fossil fuel industry and major corporations who are responsible for most of the world’s pollution, yet refuse to take responsibility for their actions.
The School Strikes movement began in August 2018 when Swedish school girl Greta Thunberg went on strike and, since then, the movement has spread across the globe.
Those wishing to participate in the local event may park on either the east or west side of the pedestrian bridge. At 1:30 p.m., people will rally on the Clinton Village Green.