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The April 2017 People's Climate Movement compelled hundreds of thousands to march in the streets to speak up for a livable climate. Michigan Climate Action Network played a pivotal supporting role in enabling participation by Michiganders not just in Washington D.C, but in nine climate marches statewide including Marquette, Traverse City, Bay City, Newaygo, Holland, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Ferndale, and Detroit.
The climate marches brought together new and seasoned activists, inspired more people to become climate activists, and built stronger connections between us. It showed the world, the Trump administration, and ourselves that there are huge amounts of people demanding climate action and that we will stand up to attacks on our future. It also helped connect new activists to the local efforts working toward solutions and helped build a stronger and more connected movement.
MICAN served as a conduit to these marches.
We helped to promote the marches, worked to get people to them, and supported them once they were there. Our involvement includes:
- MICAN provided stipends to 3 buses to offset the cost for passengers
- MICAN organized a rally in D.C. for Michiganders
- A MICAN-produced video (seen below) promoting the march reached over 35,000 people on social media
- 14,000 climate march related website page views on miclimateaction.org
- The Traverse City March was co-sponsored by MICAN
In addition, our Climate March 101 web page helped many people to organize their first bus to a climate march.
We are dedicated to rising to the challenge of the most urgent threat to us all.
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