When XRYouth organizer Caroline Choi was 13, she was told that her home, Bay Farm Island in California would be underwater within her lifetime. 'I’m now 17. The root of the problem — the climate crisis — has only gotten worse.' CCNow
to an additional 320% sea-level rise. We’re well past 2000 now. Without immediate change, my city will be lost forever.
In a recent Zoom call with my best friends, we shared stress dreams we’ve been having during our shelter in place. I was expecting them to reference fears of catching COVID-19 and being carted away to the hospital, but instead, my friend Julia detailed a recurring nightmare in which massive tidal waves wash over Bay Farm. My friend Nailah’s funny anecdote about her family’s inability to swim took a turn when she started describing the intense anxiety she feels over our city’s future.
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