ESLI Youth Blog

Thursday  we had a really wonderful dinner at this restaurant called the Caribbean. It was a dinner that was put together for EJ people.  It was a really amazing. Throughout the night, while eating and chatting and mingling, I had the opportunity to introduce myself and to meet some really amazing people. Tom Goldtooth, Dr.Bullard, and Victoria Adejuwon are only some of those people. The people that I had met that night, are people who have been working on this movement for a really really long time. It really hit me today, the confidence and trust that I feel that they have in this generation. I like that, but it also feels good to have somebody there thinking that we, this generation are capable of helping with this problem. Im honored to have that weight on my shoulders, and will try my best to make an effect on this movement.

Besides those sentimental talks, we enjoyed eachothers’ company, and ate yummy food, sang together, and talked together. I felt like I belonged to something. A movement. A cause. A reason worth fighting for climate justice!