We are a group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me. We've raised all the money to come here ourselves to come five thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.
Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come.
—“The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes,”
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
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We are a group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds
We've raised all the money to come here ourselves
[Y]ou must change your ways.