13-year-old Alexandria Villasenor holding her protest signs in the New York subway. Picture: for The Washington Post by Sarah Blesener
Student activists’ school strikes against climate change are going global, and adults are listening
- Alexandria Villasenor, who misses school each Friday to petition the UN’s HQ in New York, has helped create a worldwide community of like-minded youngsters
- The 13-year-old says, ‘we are not going to let them hand us a broken planet’
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Climate change
13-year-old Alexandria Villasenor holding her protest signs in the New York subway. Picture: for The Washington Post by Sarah Blesener