Environmental Film Screening On Demand in Potomac

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

YOUTH v GOV is the story of the Juliana v. The United States of America constitutional lawsuit and the 21 American youth, ages 14 to 25, who are taking on the world’s most powerful government. Since 2015, the legal non-profit Our Children’s Trust, has been representing these youth in their landmark case against the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, personal safety, and property through their willful actions in creating the climate crisis they will inherit.

The Montgomery County GreenFest partners join the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital to offer this documentary free to view during Earth Month. Watch the film online at your convenience prior to the scheduled live panel discussion. Registrants will be sent a link to watch the film online in addition to the Zoom webinar link for the live panel discussion.


Virtual Panel Discussion

April 20, 2022, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Moderator: Wendy Howard, Executive Director, ONE Montgomery Green

Panelists

  • Bri Akuamoah-Boateng, sophomore at Poolesville High School and student in the Global Ecology Program

  • Meg Graham, senior at Walt Whitman High School and intern with Bethesda Green’s Environmental Leader Program

  • Rishi Iyer, sophomore at Wootton High School, developer of an application that tracks the carbon footprint of Montgomery County Public School buildings.

This live Zoom panel will discuss the innovative projects and activism among Montgomery County youth and shed light on their generation’s understanding and approach to the climate crisis. Learn more about these young activists’ perspectives and how we can all work together to protect the planet’s future. https://web1.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/mdmontgomeryctywt.wsc/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=17648202