Jamie Margolin
{{Short description|American climate change activist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
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| name = Jamie Margolin
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| alma_mater = New York University Tisch School of the Arts
| occupation = Climate justice activist
| known_for = Organizing the Youth Climate Action March
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Jamie Margolin is a Colombian-American{{Cite web |title=Jamie Margolin |url=https://www.internationalcongressofyouthvoices.com/jamie-margolin |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF YOUTH VOICES |language=en-US}} climate justice activist.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/21/magazine/teenage-activist-climate-change.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage|work=New York Times|date=July 21, 2020|last=Jarvis|first=Brooke|title=The Teenagers at the End of the World}} She is a co-founder of Zero Hour, a climate-focused youth organization that is part of Future Coalition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/europe-climate-change-protests-teens|title=A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It's Coming To The US Next.|website=BuzzFeed News|date=February 11, 2019 |language=en|access-date=May 27, 2019}}
Education
Margolin attended Holy Names Academy.{{Cite web |last=Brunner |first=Jim |date=September 17, 2019 |title=Seattle's Jamie Margolin is 17 and a climate activist. On Wednesday she testifies before Congress. |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/seattles-jamie-margolin-is-17-and-a-climate-activist-on-wednesday-she-testifies-before-congress/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}} She studied film at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web |last=Beard |first=Laura |date=September 21, 2021 |title='A Costco food sample of climate justice': Tisch sophomore Jamie Margolin launches scholarship |url=https://nyunews.com/news/2021/09/21/jamie-margolin-climate-justice-scholarship/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=Washington Square News}}{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2021 |title=Groundswell: Jamie Margolin on Shifting Culture |url=https://momentmag.com/groundswell-jamie-margolin-on-shifting-culture/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=Moment Magazine |language=en-US}}
Activism
In 2017, at age 15, Margolin founded the youth climate action organization Zero Hour with Nadia Nazar,{{Cite web|url=https://progressive.org/api/content/91dd6f34-e1da-11e8-8345-120e7ad5cf50/|title=Five Questions For: Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on #WalkoutToVote|last=Tempus|first=Alexandra|date=November 6, 2018|website=Progressive.org|language=en-us|access-date=May 27, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://grist.org/article/teens-jamie-margolin-built-climate-movement-zero-hour/|title=How to build a climate movement before your 17th birthday|date=October 31, 2018|website=Grist|language=en|access-date=May 26, 2019}} Zanagee Artis, and other youth activists.{{cite web |last1=Yoon-Hendricks |first1=Alexandra |title=Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/us/politics/zero-hour-climate-march.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 20, 2021 |date=July 21, 2018}} Margolin co-founded Zero Hour in reaction to the response she saw after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico{{Cite web|url=https://ultimatecivics.org/jamie-margolin-story/|title=Jamie Margolin, Youth Climate Activist|website=Ultimate Civics|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}} and her personal experience during the 2017 Washington wildfires.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/54846-jamie-margolin-climate-crisis-activist|title=This 17-Year Old Activist Is Changing the Way We Talk About the Climate Crisis|last=Sloat|first=Sarah|website=Inverse|date=April 14, 2019 |language=en|access-date=May 27, 2019}}
In September 2018, Margolin was part of a youth group that sued Governor Jay Inslee and the State of Washington over greenhouse-gas emissions in the state. The case was dismissed by a King County Superior Court judge, who ruled the case to be political one that must be resolved by the Governor and the legislature. It has since been appealed Washington Court of Appeals. Margolin is also a plaintiff in the case of Aji P. v. Washington which is suing the state of Washington for their inaction against climate change on the basis of a stable climate being a human right.{{Cite news |last=Margolin |first=Jamie |date=October 6, 2018 |title=I sued my state because I can't breathe there. They ignored me {{!}} Jamie Margolin |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/i-sued-the-state-of-washington-because-i-cant-breathe-there-they-ignored-me |access-date=May 27, 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}
In September 2019, she was asked to testify on a panel called "Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis" alongside Greta Thunberg for the United States House of Representatives.
In 2020, Margolin published her first book, Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It. In 2021, she started a Climate Justice Scholarship with the goal of allowing "budding activists such as herself to start tackling the climate crisis".
Personal life
Awards and honors
In 2018, Margolin was part of Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21.{{Cite web|title=Jamie Margolin Isn't Intimidated by Climate Change-Denying Bullies|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jamie-margolin-21-under-21-2018|access-date=May 26, 2019|website=Teen Vogue|date=November 5, 2018 |language=en}} She was also named as one of People Magazine's 25 Women Changing the World for 2018.{{Cite web|title=Teenage Activists Take on Climate Change: 'I Have No Choice But To Be Hopeful'|url=https://people.com/human-interest/teenage-activists-take-climate-change-crisis/|access-date=May 26, 2019|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Meet PEOPLE's 25 Women Changing the World of 2018|url=https://people.com/human-interest/25-women-changing-the-world-2018/|access-date=May 26, 2019|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}
Margolin was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.{{Cite news |date=October 15, 2019 |title=BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50042279 |access-date=December 17, 2022}} In the same year, she also won an MTV Europe Music Awards Generation Change award.{{Cite web|last=Romero|first=Ariana|date=November 2, 2019|title=MTV EMA Winner Jamie Margolin On How To Reclaim Your Identity & Save The Planet|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/11/8679097/jamie-margolin-mtv-emas-2019-climate-change-activist|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Refinery29|language=en}}
In 2020, Margolin was a keynote speaker at Verdical Group's annual Net Zero Conference.{{Cite magazine |last=Woodruff |first=Chris |date=2020-09-01 |title=Verdical Group's 7th Annual Net Zero Conference: Building a Net Zero Future |url=https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/verdical-group-net-zero-conference-2/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |magazine=Metropolis |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Honoring Past Keynote Speakers and Trailblazer Award Winners |url=https://netzeroconference.com/honoring-past-keynote-speakers-and-trailblazer-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Net Zero Conference |language=en-US}}
Bibliography
- Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It (Hachette Books, 2020)
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