Young people worldwide are invited to join the conversation with youth in Glasgow, Scotland at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4 for a peek into perhaps the most important United Nations Climate Conference of our lifetimes! Visit with ETHS senior Lily Aaron, who will be attending the Climate Summit in person as part of It’s Our Future (IOF) a program of Seven Generations Ahead. Aaron and other Chicago-area youth will share what they’re seeing and hearing from world leaders. Youth climate activists from Nigeria, Ireland and elsewhere are also expected to be part of the conversation. This event is co-hosted by IOF youth and youth from the One Earth Film Festival’s Youth Advisory Council.
Register free now at https://bit.ly/youthvoicesCOP26
It’s Our Future is a youth-driven climate justice organization that empowers young people to speak out on the local level. It has been based in Oak Park but is now expanding into Chicago and Evanston. Each year IOF takes a delegation to the COP. Any young person who might be interested can learn more @iofyouth on Instagram or email iof@sevengenerationsahead.org.
Aaron is also the hub coordinator for Etown Sunrise and serves on the board of Citizens’ Greener Evanston in addition to her work on the West End Garden Initiative with Evanston Fight For Black Lives.
Rachel Rosner is also headed to Glasgow as the Program Consultant for It’s Our Future. A lifelong Evanstonian, she is the President of Citizens’ Greener Evanston and a Leadership Evanston alum.