'Each one of us had our rights violated and denied—we’re here, each one of us, to tell you how and why.'
One by one more than a dozen children addressed a room full of adults Monday morning, sounding the alarm on the state of climate change -- and demanding immediate action.
Those words came just a short time after Thunberg delivered a powerful rebuke to world leaders at the U.N. Climate Action Summit. Alexandria Villasenor, 14, of New York, addressed the room, saying,"Each one of us had our rights violated and denied -- we’re here, each one of us, to tell you how and why."
The high schooler was in California visiting family last fall when the deadly Paradise fire broke out. The smoke was so bad it flared up her asthma and she had to be sent home."What really concerns me about the effects of the climate crisis in my future is that it will disrupt every aspect of young people's lives. It will choose where we choose to live, it will choose if you have a family, it will choose what we do for a career," Villasenor told ABC News.
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