Omar’s 16-year-old daughter, Isra Hirsi, co-founded the U.S. chapter of the Youth Climate Strike.
The Youth Climate Strike made its mark on Friday, Sept. 20 when 150 countries participated in the organization’s largest mass protest to date. Estimates have placed up to 4 million people joining the cause in a powerful showing of solidarity that has placed serious momentum behind globalism and carbon taxes.
The movement’s chapter in the United States was co-founded in Jan. 2019 by Isra Hirsi, the 16-year-old daughter of Somalian-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), to encourage students to skip school and cause a public scene to fight climate change.
NYCs massive #ClimateStrike march has begun, from Foley Sq down Centre St to Chambers St across to Broadway… and down to the Battery! Thank you @ClimateCrisis and everyone else marching! pic.twitter.com/WUpeRP0ZQS
— Gale A. Brewer (@galeabrewer) September 20, 2019
On Friday, people across the world joined together for the Global #ClimateStrike 🌎
It’s time to lift up the voices of young people on the frontlines of this crisis and ensure we are creating an intergenerational and intersectional climate justice movement.
Are you with us? pic.twitter.com/6ChpEvelSo
— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) September 22, 2019
It was a historic day, and it’s just the beginning. 4 million people joined the youth-led call for climate action.
This week and into the future, we will keep working for justice and an end to the fossil fuel era. https://t.co/5cAFcPD9vc #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/3J0OOq0sFu
— 350 dot org (@350) September 22, 2019
“The climate crisis is such a massive issue that everything is impacted by it… everything is intertwined in some way,” Hirsi said before the massive event. She participated in the rally that took place at the Minnesota state capitol.
Hirsi has made it clear that the Youth Climate Strike is about more than raising awareness about the environment. It is really about stopping President Donald Trump, and making sure he is booted from the White House in 2020.
full story at https://bigleaguepolitics.com/radical-agenda-youth-climate-strike-founder-is-ilhan-omars-16-year-old-daughter/