Youth to Power

Your Voice and How to Use It

Jamie Margolin, Greta Thunberg

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Da Capo Lifelong
08 September 2020

Biography: general; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; Political activism; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

"""Jamie Margolin is among the powerful and inspiring youth activists leading a movement to demand urgent action on the climate crisis. With determined purpose and moral clarity, Jamie is pushing political leaders to develop ambitious plans to confront this existential threat to humanity. Youth To Power is an essential how-to for anyone of any age who feels called to act to protect our planet for future generations.""

--- Former Vice President Al Gore

Climate change activist and Zero Hour cofounder Jamie Margolin offers the essential guide to changemaking for young people.

The 1963 Children's March. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social justice movements have in common?

They were led by passionate, informed, engaged young people.

Jamie Margolin has been organizing and protesting since she was fourteen years old. Now the co-leader of a global climate action movement, she knows better than most how powerful a young person can be. You don't have to be able to vote or hold positions of power to change the world.

In Youth to Power, Jamie presents the essential guide to changemaking, with advice on writing and pitching op-eds, organizing successful events and peaceful protests, time management as a student activist, utilizing social and traditional media to spread a message, and sustaining long-term action. She features interviews with prominent young activists including Tokata Iron Eyes of the #NoDAPL movement and Nupol Kiazolu of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, who give guidance on handling backlash, keeping your mental health a priority, and how to avoid getting taken advantage of.

Jamie walks readers through every step of what effective, healthy, intersectional activism looks like. Young people have a lot to say, and Youth to Power will give you the tools to raise your voice."

By: Jamie Margolin
Foreword by: Greta Thunberg
Imprint: Da Capo Lifelong
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780738246666
ISBN 10: 0738246662
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 08 September 2020
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: General/trade , Children/juvenile , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jamie Margolin is the founder and executive director of Zero Hour, an organization dedicated to fighting climate change. She lives in Seattle, WA.

Reviews for Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It

Among the many lessons in Jamie Margolin's inspiring manifesto Youth to Power is the counsel to 'find your why.' It is the advice of a wise elder in the voice of a young activist. Everyone, young and old, should read this enlightened and engaging call to action. It is a roadmap for a new generation of social activists and perhaps a critical piece of what may save us as a species and a planet. History will remember this book. --Ken Burns