Youth climate advocates, sensing an ally, hold protest near Kamala Harris’ L.A. home
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Rebecca Ellis April 15, 2024
A crowd of about 40 young activists protested
Sunday
near Vice President Kamala Harris’ house, vowing to stay through the night if
shethe politician
did not meet their demands on climate change and Israel.
Activists with Sunrise Movement, which has organized climate protests across the country, said they arrived in Harris’ quiet Brentwood neighborhood with two demands for the vice president: Convince President Biden to declare a climate emergency and end U.S. military aid to Israel.
On the chance that didnt all fall into place Sunday afternoon, the group
camesaid theyd come
prepared with tents and sleeping bags.
We’re three houses away from her home, and we are not going away, said Adah Crandall, an 18-year-old organizer
with the group
.
In February, 21 climate change protesters were arrested outside Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del. Crandall called Sundays protest a continuation of that campaign.
As of Sunday afternoon, organizers
said they
hadnt seen Harris,
they said,
though they believed
the vice president was currently she was
in Los Angeles.
Harris
is was
expected to
depart from L.A. in the morning to
fly to Las Vegas
Monday morning
to attend two events.
If she’s departing from her home,
Secret Service officers will be looking to clear the roadway.
which could include camping protesters. The
activists said they felt Harris had been was a champion for the climate before entering the White House, advocating for the Green New Deal when she was running for president and pushing climate resolutions as a senator.
Wei Zhou, 17,
said they now wanted wants
to see
Harrisher
push the president to declare a climate emergency, allowing the government to
more quickly
mobilize
with rapid measures
.
to stop climate change.
We’ve seen her go ahead of Biden on certain things, said Zhou. We’re asking her to be the kind of leader she was in 2019 now.
