Back to News This is the power of public narrative
Have you seen this inspiring use of public narrative from the push for a Green New Deal in America?
“Because we are the leaders that we need. Because now we know we have no choice but to get to work. Because we know that we have no choice but to hope. Because I know that I have no choice but to hope.”
The speaker is 18-year-old Massachusetts, USA-based Jeremy Ornstein, Chair of the High School Democrats of America. The organization he was speaking with Sunrise Movement at a youth climate protest outside Nancy Pelosi’s office the other day.
The video has been watched millions of times across media platforms.
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- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Leading Change Network
- License: Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
- Tags: public narrative
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