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'''Jamie Margolin''' is ana Columbian-American<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamie Margolin |url=https://www.internationalcongressofyouthvoices.com/jamie-margolin |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF YOUTH VOICES |language=en-US}}</ref> [[climate change activist|climate justice activist.]]<ref name=NYTimes2020July21>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/21/magazine/teenage-activist-climate-change.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage|work=New York Times|date=July 21, 2020|author=Brooke Jarvis|title=The Teenagers at the End of the World}}</ref> She is the Coco-~~Executive~~executive director of Zero Hour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/europe-climate-change-protests-teens|title=A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It's Coming To The US Next.|website=BuzzFeed News|date=February 11, 2019 |language=en|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref>

== Education ==

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In 2017, at age 15, Margolin founded the youth climate action organization Zero Hour with [[Nadia Nazar]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://progressive.org/api/content/91dd6f34-e1da-11e8-8345-120e7ad5cf50/|title=Five Questions For: Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on #WalkoutToVote|last=Tempus|first=Alexandra|date=November 6, 2018|website=Progressive.org|language=en-us|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grist.org/article/teens-jamie-margolin-built-climate-movement-zero-hour/|title=How to build a climate movement before your 17th birthday|date=October 31, 2018|website=Grist|language=en|access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> [[Zanagee Artis]], and other youth activists.<ref name="NYT 20210420">{{cite web |last1=Yoon-Hendricks |first1=Alexandra |title=Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/us/politics/zero-hour-climate-march.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 20, 2021 |date=July 21, 2018}}</ref> She served as the co-executive director of the organization until September 2020 when she stepped down. She was replaced by fellow founder and youth activist Madelaine Tew.<ref name="Sloat">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/54846-jamie-margolin-climate-crisis-activist|title=This 17-Year Old Activist Is Changing the Way We Talk About the Climate Crisis|last=Sloat|first=Sarah|website=Inverse|date=April 14, 2019 |language=en|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> Margolin co-founded Zero Hour in reaction to the response she saw after [[Hurricane Maria]] in Puerto Rico<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ultimatecivics.org/jamie-margolin-story/|title=Jamie Margolin, Youth Climate Activist|website=Ultimate Civics|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> and her personal experience during the [[2017 Washington wildfires]].<ref name="Sloat" />

She has garnered some notoriety as a plaintiff in the [[Aji P. v. Washington]] case, suing [[Washington (state)|the state of Washington]] for their inaction against climate change on the basis of a stable climate being a [[human right]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Margolin |first=Jamie |date=October 6, 2018 |title=I sued my state because I can't breathe there. They ignored me {{!}} Jamie Margolin |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/i-sued-the-state-of-washington-because-i-cant-breathe-there-they-ignored-me |access-date=May 27, 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In worsening the climate crisis, the state of Washington has denied her generation their constitutional rights to a livable environment.<ref>{{~~Clarify~~Cite web |title=Jamie Margolin {{!}} Climate One |url=https://www.climateone.org/people/jamie-margolin |access-date=~~June~~2024-02-12 ~~2021~~|website=www.climateone.org |language=en}}</ref>

In September 2018, Margolin was part of a youth group that sued Governor [[Jay Inslee]] and the [[State of Washington]] over greenhouse-gas emissions in the state. The case was dismissed by a [[King County Superior Court]] judge, who ruled the case to be political one that must be resolved by the Governor and the legislature. It has since been appealed [[Washington Court of Appeals]].<ref name=":2" />

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== Journalism ==

Her writing about climate change has appeared in many publications including ''[[HuffPost]]'', ''[[Teen Ink]]'' and [[CNN]]. She was part of [[Teen Vogue]]'s 21 Under 21 class of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jamie Margolin Isn't Intimidated by Climate Change-Denying Bullies|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jamie-margolin-21-under-21-2018|access-date=May 26, 2019|website=Teen Vogue|date=November 5, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, she was also named as one of [[People (magazine)|People Magazine]]'s 25 Women Changing the World.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teenage Activists Take on Climate Change: 'I Have No Choice But To Be Hopeful'|url=https://people.com/human-interest/teenage-activists-take-climate-change-crisis/|access-date=May 26, 2019|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet PEOPLE's 25 Women Changing the World of 2018|url=https://people.com/human-interest/25-women-changing-the-world-2018/|access-date=May 26, 2019|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}</ref>

in 2020, Margolin published her 1st book, Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It, in which she presents the essential guide to changemaking through activism.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jamie-margolin/youth-to-power/9780738246666/?lens=hachette-go |title=Youth to Power |date=2019-10-08 |isbn=978-0-7382-4666-6 |language=en-US |last1=Margolin |first1=Jamie |publisher=Hachette Books }}</ref>

== Personal life ==

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== Controversies ==

In 2021 Margolin and fellow climate activist Emma Tang accused each other of sexual assault.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-19 |title=AAPI activist and climate activist accuse each other of sexual assault |language=en-GB |work=Yahoo News |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/aapi-activist-climate-activist-accuse-230055269.html |access-date=2023-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Rachel |title=Prominent NYU activists publicize sexual assault allegations against one another |url=https://nyunews.com/news/2021/10/20/jamie-margolin-emma-tang-sexual-assault-allegations/ |website=Washington Square news |date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grogan |first1=Erin E. |title= Queer Futurity and Toxic Temporalities in the Anthropocene |url= https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/126767/bitstreams/414277/data.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3viUhiyT7n53zzCARhCYGr&opi=89978449 |website=University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==

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She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 15, 2019 |title=BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50042279 |access-date=December 17, 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, she was a keynote speaker at Verdical Group's annual [[Net Zero Conference|Net Zero Conference.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=hello@verdicalgroup.com |date=2023-09-29 |title=Honoring Past Keynote Speakers and Trailblazer Award Winners |url=https://netzeroconference.com/honoring-past-keynote-speakers-and-trailblazer-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Net Zero Conference |language=en-US}}</ref>

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