Jamie Margolin
filmmaker, author, climate justice organizer, animation director, illustrator, public speaker
- Role
- Public Speaker at Aae Speakers Bureau
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jamie Margolin
Jamie Sarai Margolin is an author, filmmaker, organizer, and public speaker. She is a founder of the international youth climate justice movement called Zero Hour that led the official \"Youth Climate Marches\" in Washington, DC and 25+ cities around the world during the summer of 2018. Zero Hour has over 200+ chapters worldwide and has been a leading organization in the climate movement. Jamie is the author of a book called \"Youth To Power: Your Voice and How To Use It,” which has been translated in many languages and sold all over the world. The book serves as a guide to organizing and activism, and is a recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal Nautilus Book Award for YA nonfiction. Jamie is also a plaintiff on the Our Children\'s Trust Youth v. Gov Washington state lawsuit, Aji P. vs. State of Washington, suing the state of Washington for denying her generation their constitutional rights to a livable environment by worsening the climate crisis.Jamie served as a surrogate for the Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential Campaign, speaking at several campaign rallies (including the 2020 Tacoma Dome rally to an audience of over 17 thousand people), filming campaign endorsement videos, and doing outreach to get out the vote for Bernie Sanders. She also was one of the youngest Delegates at the 2020 Democratic Convention. Jamie is one of Teen Vogue’s “21 Under 21” girls changing the world in 2018, One of People Magazines 25 women changing the world in 2018, Fuse TV’s Latina Trailblazer of 2018, one of The Today Show’s 18 under 18 Groundbreakers of 2019, MTV EMA Generation Change winner of 2019, one of the BBC\'s 100 most influential women of 2019, and one of GLAAD’s 20 under 20 LGBTQ+ people changing the world. She is on the OUT 100 list of 2020. She is one of NowThis Next 2021 honorees.
Experience
Public Speaker
Dec 2019 — Present
Speaker for the “All American Speakers” bureau, where I have given talks about climate action, human rights, my writing, my art, and youth empowerment. I have spoken at many universities; my gigs are managed through this speaking service.
Education
Holy Names Academy
High School Diploma
New York University
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Film/Cinema/Video Studies
2020
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