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I joined my high school Green Team a year and a half ago, when I first went to high school. I hadn’t been involved in climate justice. I didn’t know it was such a big deal. I was still learning, but I joined to dip my foot in. From there I ended up getting more involved. I joined my city’s I Matter team — it’s an organization that focuses on young people, high school, middle school students doing city climate resolutions, or working towards a green state. So with I Matter, I helped get 100 percent renewable energy or electricity in my city, by I think, 2040.

And then from there I ended up joining a statewide green group called Minnesota Can’t Wait. We were able to create the first Green New Deal statewide. It’s almost exactly the same [as AOC’s national Green New Deal]. So that was really cool.

It was just recently put into the state legislature, and has been sent to committee.