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Global Climate March 2019

by Mark McKenna September 21, 2019

Alder Bailey-Duke (left), 5, and Sunny Eden Ananda, 4, play where the statue of President William McKinley stood on the Arcata Plaza as people gather to join a day of global protests over climate change.
Walter and Suasan Pence of Cutten came out to demand action on climate change, saying they came out because of Greta Thunberg and her whole movement.
Students from Arcata High School march to the Arcata Plaza.
Students flood the plaza.
Jene L. McCovey addresses the crowd.
After arriving at the Plaza, Arcata High School students formed a circle to chant about climate change.
HSU Botany major and chemistry minor Jairo Sanchez chants with the crowd.
Jene L. McCovey watches as students that marched to the Arcata Plaza chant about climate change and action.
Jene L. McCovey listens as students who marched to the Arcata Plaza chant about climate change and action.
Arcata High School Student Zoe Reiss calls for one of the other organizers to join her in the circle.
An inflatable globe bounces over the crowd.
Lyndin Landry plays drums as marchers enter the plaza.
People sat to try and hear the the speakers due to the P.A. being very low.
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Heidi Webb and Wayne Overlin, both Arcata High alums, came to protest the climate emergency. Overlin traveled from from Cave Junction, Oregon, to attend.
Ivan Kabacki, 11, of Blue Lake, holds a sign with information encouraging people to go vegan to help fight climate change.
Denise Steenblock Smith with the group Circus Nature, which has gone to different events and schools to be part of the climate change solution for more than 30 years.
While not as big as the demonstration in Arcata, people also demonstrated at the Humboldt County Courthouse. Some attended both.
Lyndon Benjamin, 2, of Eureka, hams for the camera, holding a sign questioning leaders if he will get to live his best life.
Laura Schnyder, of McKinleyville, and Barbara Pulliam, of Eureka, hold signs they made at Pulliam’s art studio.
Eureka City Council Member Austin Allison (right), Randy Carrico and Michele Walford discuss climate change solutions.
Cleo Carrino and Dan Osterman cheer as a passing car honk in support of the demonstrators.
A group sings “The Fossil Fuel Stays in the Ground” to the tune of “When The Saints Go Marching In.”
Kevin Lennox of Eureka pumps his fist as a passing motorist beeps and cheers in support. When asked which issue regarding climate change brought him out he said, “It’s all important and I have two kids.”

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