Jamie Margolin

“When you know what its like to be on the receiving end of hate, it makes you more open.”

  • Name: Jamie Margolin
  • Born: December 10, 2001
  • From: Washington, USA
  • Pronouns: She/her
  • Contribution/Impact: Margolin sued the state of Washington for inaction against climate change, as a stable climate is a human right. She also sued the state again over greenhouse gas emissions and asked to testify alongside Greta Thunberg for the US House of Representatives, and met with Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the champion of the New Green Deal. She says that like COVID, climate change is an attack on our bodies, and we must remember that.
  • Occupation: Climate Justice Activist, Student
  • Known For: Writing to CNN and HuffPost, Founded Zero Hour, Lead Youth Climate Marches in DC
  • Awards: MTV Europe Music Awards Generation Change in 2019, Named in Peoples Magazine as one of 25 women changing the world.
  • Interesting Facts: Jamie is going to school to study Film and TV, to graduate in 2024

Jamie Margolin is an American climate justice activist who identifies as a lesbian. At the age of 15, she founded Zero Hour, an organization that centers diverse voices in climate change and led the Youth Climate Marches in DC. She wrote a book about how to be a young activist called ‘Youth to Power: Your voice and how to use it.’ She gained some attention for her involvement in the Aji P. v. Washington state case where she and many others sued the state of Washington over inaction again climate change. In 2019, Margolin was asked to speak on a panel called “Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis” alongside Greta Thunberg for the United States House of Representatives.

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