Jamie Margolin

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Jamie Margolin
Jamie Margolin's portrait - ink on paper
Born (2001-12-10) December 10, 2001 (age 22)
OccupationClimate justice activist
Known forOrganizing the Youth Climate Action March

Jamie Margolin (born December 10, 2001) is an American climate justice activist.[1] She is the Co-Executive director of Zero Hour.[2]

Education

Margolin attended Holy Names Academy.[3] She currently studies film at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[4][5]

Activism

In 2017, at age 15, Margolin founded the youth climate action organization Zero Hour with Nadia Nazar,[6][7] Zanagee Artis, and other youth activists.[8] She served as the co-executive director of the organization until September 2020 when she stepped down. She was replaced by fellow founder and youth activist Madelaine Tew.[9] Margolin co-founded Zero Hour in reaction to the response she saw after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico[10] and her personal experience during the 2017 Washington wildfires.[9]

She has garnered some notoriety as a plaintiff in the Aji P. v. Washington case, suing the state of Washington for their inaction against climate change on the basis of a stable climate being a human right.[10][11][clarification needed]

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.[3]

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.[3]

In 2021, Margolin started a Climate Justice Scholarship.[4]

Journalism

Her writing about climate change has appeared in many publications including HuffPost, Teen Ink and CNN. She was part of Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 class of 2018.[12] In 2018, she was also named as one of People Magazine's 25 Women Changing the World.[13][14]

Personal life

Margolin identified as Jewish and Latinx. She identifies as a lesbian and speaks openly about her experiences as an LGBT person.[15][3]

Margolin is a member of the Junior State of America.[16][non-primary source needed]

Awards and honors

Margolin won a MTV Europe Music Awards Generation Change award in 2019.[17]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Brooke Jarvis (21 July 2020). "The Teenagers at the End of the World". New York Times.
  2. ^ "A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It's Coming To The US Next". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Brunner, Jim (17 September 2019). "Seattle's Jamie Margolin is 17 and a climate activist. On Wednesday she testifies before Congress". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Beard, Laura (21 September 2021). "'A Costco food sample of climate justice': Tisch sophomore Jamie Margolin launches scholarship". Washington Square News. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Groundswell: Jamie Margolin on Shifting Culture". Moment Magazine. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. ^ Tempus, Alexandra (6 November 2018). "Five Questions For: Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on #WalkoutToVote". Progressive.org. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. ^ "How to build a climate movement before your 17th birthday". Grist. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  8. ^ Yoon-Hendricks, Alexandra (21 July 2018). "Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b Sloat, Sarah. "This 17-Year Old Activist Is Changing the Way We Talk About the Climate Crisis". Inverse. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Jamie Margolin, Youth Climate Activist". Ultimate Civics. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. ^ Margolin, Jamie (6 October 2018). "I sued my state because I can't breathe there. They ignored me | Jamie Margolin". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Jamie Margolin Isn't Intimidated by Climate Change-Denying Bullies". Teen Vogue. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Teenage Activists Take on Climate Change: 'I Have No Choice But To Be Hopeful'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Meet PEOPLE's 25 Women Changing the World of 2018". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Jamie Margolin: The Teenager Who Would Be President". Forward. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Jamie Margolin | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  17. ^ Romero, Ariana (2 November 2019). "MTV EMA Winner Jamie Margolin On How To Reclaim Your Identity & Save The Planet". Refinery29. Retrieved 20 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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