The group of youth and activists, which started at Pritzker Park around 4 p.m. and ended outside the Kluczynski Federal Building in the Loop, walked in solidarity in a global climate strike against fossil fuels, hosted by dozens of international climate organizations.
Protesters calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels march through downtown Chicago on Sept. 15, 2023.
Danica Sun, 17, helped organize the event. Sun, a senior at Illinois Math and Science Academy, held a banner at the front of the group that read “Biden: Declare a climate emergency.”“Youth should not be having to give up things like their education, their diet, their time, to strike like this. I really want to urge the adults in power to take action and live up to their responsibilities,” she said. “When the leaders act like kids, the kids become leaders.
“I’m out here for all of our families that are working class people who cannot come out and take a break from work. Who cannot march,” she said.