>>> TODAY IS EARTH DAY AND TO MANY TEENS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A
PRESSING ISSUE.
BOTH THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT AND THE MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE STRIKE
ARE COMPRISED OF GROUPS OF TEENAGERS WORKING TO PASS
PROPOSALS LIKE THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
I SAT DOWN WITH TWO STUDENTS FROM NORTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL WHO
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND PART OF BOTH MOVEMENTS.
>> THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT IS A YOUTH-LED ORGANIZATION AROUND
THE COUNTRY IN HUBS WHICH ARE BASICALLY LITTLE CHAPTERS OF THE
MOVEMENT.
AND IT WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO FIGHT FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND
OTHER IMMEDIATE CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION THAT RECOGNIZES THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HUGE EXISTENTIAL THREAT AND WE NEED
TO LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ASPECTS, FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE,
SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PERSPECTIVE.
>> SO WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU?
>> WELL, PERSONALLY AS A YOUTH IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, WE HAVE
GROWN UP KNOWING THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT
THE ENTIRE TIME AND I THINK AN IMMEDIATE ACTION, LOTS OF YOUTH
FEEL LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS A YOUTH-LED ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDES
YOUTH, PEOPLE IN POVERTY, IT REALLY PRIORITIZES THEM IN TERMS
OF KIND OF THE ACTION THAT IS BEING TAKEN SO THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT THIS MOVEMENT INCLUDES THE PEOPLE
BEING TARGETED THE MOST BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> BEING TARGETED HOW, MEANING BEING AFFECTIVE, LIKE YOUR
FUTURE IS AT STAKE, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLY VERY
INTERSPECTAL.
IT IS ALL FUTURES AT STAKE AND NO ONE WILL BE IMPACTED THE SAME
AMOUNT.
THE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THE MOST TO CLIMATE
CHANGE WILL BE THE LEAST IMPACTED SO THERE IS THIS WHOLE
JUSTICE COMPONENT IN FIGHTING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> SO YOU GUYS LIKE THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
WHAT IS IT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL?
>> WELL, THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS GREAT BECAUSE IT PROPOSES REALLY
PROGRESSIVE, RADICAL SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT IS A RESOLUTION BUT DOES NOT HAVE ACTUAL THINGS THAT WILL PUT
INTO LAW.
WE ADMIRE 100 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY BY LAW AND THAT IS
EXCITING AND PROPOSES IT AS A ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOLUTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH CLIMATE CHANGE SO THAT IS
EXCITING AND NEW IN TERMS OF CLIMATE LEGISLATION.
>> AND I THINK THE WORD PROGRESSIVE AND RADICAL IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL SCARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU SAY THAT,
PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED WAS CHANGING OVER FROM
FOSSIL FUELS TILL 2030 AND SOME SAY IT WILL COST 3.4 MILLION
JOBS.
I KNOW YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE BUT WHEN YOU HEAR
THAT, THOSE ARE REAL PEOPLE, REAL FAMILIES' MONEY THAT WOULD
BE LOST.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT.
THE NEW GREEN DEAL, IT IS NOT A GREEN DREAM.
ECONOMIST HAVE LOOKED INTO IT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT
REALLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
THE THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HERE IS WE ARE GOING TO BE
PAYING NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
IF WE PASS THE GREEN NEW DEAL, WE WILL BE PAYING TO FIX CLIMATE
CHANGE.
SO IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO
GO AWAY SO IF WE DON'T PASS IT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING A
LOT MORE IN THE FUTURE.
>> AND YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT AS FAR AS COSTING JOBS?
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND YOU ARE
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR GENERATION, RIGHT?
BUT IF IT DOES AFFECT PEOPLE AS FAR AS JOBS GO, AND THAT IS JUST
ONE COMPONENT, THAT IS A HARD SELL WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT AND
TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE.
>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HARD TEST, THE
CONGRESSWOMAN WHO HAS SPOKEN TO THIS BILL HAS SPOKEN TO THAT,
TURNING FOSSIL FUEL RENEWABLE ENERGY BECAUSE THERE ARE JOBS
WITHIN RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT WE SEE AS A POTENTIAL FOR PEOPLE TO
FIND WORK.
AND WE ALSO REALLY WANT TO SAY THE FOSSIL FUEL EXECUTIVES WHO
ARE CAUSING THE ISSUES, NOT THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THOSE
INDUSTRIES.
>> SO DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY CHANGE OVER OR NOT, THEY ARE
WITHOUT A JOB.
>> BUT THERE ARE OTHER JOBS IN THE POWER INDUSTRY, GO LIKE IN
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
AND WITH THIS ECONOMIC SHIFT, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING NOW, WE
ONLY HAVE 11 MORE YEARS ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, TILL
2018 BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TO MAKE A CHANGE AND HAVE
IRREVERSIBLE CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND SAID WE
ONLY HAVE 12 12 YEARS LEFT AND PREDICTING THE WORLD WILL END
COULD BE JUST HYSTERIA.
WHAT DO YOU SAY THAT THIS IS JUST HYSTERIA THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN STIRRING UP?
>> WELL, EVEN THOUGH SHE BROUGHT AWARENESS, IT IS THE SCIENTISTS
WHO BROUGHT FORTH THE REPORT.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING JUST STIRRED UP BY THE LIBERALS, IT
IS NOT A HOAX, THIS IS A REAL ISSUE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
STAND BY WHILE ACTION IS BEING AVOIDED TO PROTECT THOSE
FUTURES.
>> YOU ARE A SOPHOMORE, AND YOU ARE A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
YOU ARE REALLY OUT AND ABOUT SPEAKING YOUR MIND AND ABOUT ALL
THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT.
TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I WANT TO GO INTO SOME SORT OF PUBLIC POLICY FIELD, MAYBE
JOURNALISM.
BUT THIS IS THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT, THE YOUTH CLIMB
STRIKES ARE DEFINITELY PART OF MY INTEREST THAT I WANT TO GO
WITH MOVING FORWARD.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU?
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN IDEA AS FAR AS AN ACTUAL FIELD BUT NO
MATTER WHAT FIELD I GO INTO, I AM SURE THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE I
ALWAYS CARE ABOUT AND NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, TAKE THE ISSUE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT BE EXEMPT,
EVERYONE WILL BE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
>>> DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME THAT AFFECTS ALL WALKS OF LIFE,
AND CAN TAKE MANY FORMS.
WHILE SOME SIGNS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, LIKE MARKS OF PHYSICAL
ATTACKS STAND OUT, OTHERS ARE LESS OBVIOUS.
CONNECTING POINT'S TINA MARTIN REPORTS ON A PROGRAM THAT IS
TEACHING HAIR STYLISTS, WHO OFTENTIMES HAVE LONG-LASTING AND
TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS, HOW TO HELP A
CLIENT IN DANGER.
>> IN OVER 30 YEARS OF BUSINESS, THIS MAN HAS BUILT
A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS CLIENTS.
>> THEY ASK ABOUT CLOTHES, JUST WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT A CLIENT.
>> IT IS A ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIP THAT GOES THE SPAN
OF MANY YEARS.
>> THERE WAS A CLIENT WHO CAME IN AND SAT THERE HOLDING THIS
WOMAN'S HAND AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT CONTROLLING.
>> HE DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN BUT SAW THE BEGINNINGS OF AN ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP.
>> THE CLIENT TOLD ME SEE GOT A RESTRAINING ORDER.
>> SINCE THEN, HE AND OTHERS ARRANGED A "CUT IT OUT" PROGRAM,
ONE THAT HELPED PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.
>> ONE IN THREE WOMEN IN THEIR LIFETIMES WILL FIND THEMSELVES
IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.
>> MARION HAS BEEN CONDUCTING TRAINING SINCE 2009 FOR STUDENTS
LIKE IN THIS COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM.
>> FOLKS PROVIDING THESE KIND OF CARE SERVICES, MAY SEE INJURIES
THAT ARE UNIQUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MAYBE NOT VISIBLE
TO ANYONE ELSE.
SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE MISSING CLUMPS OF HAIR.
SOMETIMES STRANGULATION MARKS, BRUISES AT THE BASE OF THE NECK.
>> THERE WERE 44,000 RETRAINING ORDERS ISSUED LAST YEAR.
MOST VICTIMS, OF COURSE, NEVER CALL POLICE BUT THE HOPE IS THAT
THEY WILL GET HELP FROM THEIR HAIR DRESSER.
>> PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THEIR PERSONAL CARE PROVIDERS.
>> THE TRAINING COVERS SIGNS OF ABECAUSE AND WHAT A STYLIST CAN
DO.
IT IS A LOT FOR THIS STYLIST TO THINK ABOUT.
>> I THINK IF YOU ARE IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, IT MUST BE
VERY HARD TO CONTAIN YOUR EMOTIONS AT TIMES AND ESPECIALLY
FEELING VULNERABLE AND SOMETHING I NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR.
>> I CAN DO 5:00, ABSOLUTELY.
>> HE SAYS SINCE THE TRAINING HE HAS KEPT THESE BROCHURES IN HIS
SALON AND CAN NOW SPOT ABUSE AND ENCOURAGE A CLIENT TO GET HELP.
IT IS SOMETHING HE WISHES HE COULD HAVE DONE FOR THE CLIENT
YEARS AGO WHO HE REALIZES NOW WAS IN TROUBLE.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT AND WHEN I SAW IT, I DIDN'T
KNOW.
>> AND RECOGNITION IS THE FIRST STEP TO HELPING.