Alexandria Villaseñor
About
Alexandria Villaseñor is a 13-year-old climate justice activist located in New York City. Frustrated by the lack of progress at COP 24, and inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, she began her solo weekly school strike for climate outside the United Nations Headquarters on December 14, 2018.
Activism
Founder and Executive Director of “Earth Uprising” which works to bring accurate climate science and climate change education into schools.
Fridays For Future Movement which are strikes on climate outside the UN Headquarters
Became a national and international organizer for the first global youth climate strike on March 15, 2019 which mobilized 1.6M youth from 123 countries demanding climate action from their world leaders.
Activism Recognition
Received the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival “Disruptor” Award
Made Politico’s top 100 people influential in climate change policy list.
Current Projects
Continues to organize national Fridays for Future climate strikes
Runs “Earth Uprising” as Founder and Executive Director
Mission
Alexandria stands for a 50% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as outlined by the IPCC, and intends to continue her school strikes, climate activism and direct action until this goal is reached.
Villaseñor was a Changemaker Scholarship Recipient at The Common Good Forum 2019.
Website: https://www.earthuprising.org/
Twitter: @alexandriaV2005
Instagram: @alexandriav2005
Read More:
Washington Post: How a 7th Grader’s Strike Against Climate Change Exploded into a Movement
CBS News: Meet the teens leading a global movement to ditch school and fight climate change.
