Fasting for the Future in Marblehead

Submitted by Jerry Halberstadt on Fri, 03/18/2022 - 23:33
Cathy Marie Michael, holding sign made by her grandchildren

We, six members of Climate Courage, the direct action wing of 350 Massachusetts, hope to draw attention to the insanity of building new fossil fuel infrastructure at a time when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tells us that the world absolutely cannot afford this.

The science is in. Our species is terrifyingly close to completely destroying the livability of our planet. 

We are on a hunger strike to bring attention to that absolute truth that we must immediately stop building new ways to burn fossil fuels. 


 

Six hunger strikers stand together holding signs
The "Fasting for the Future" hunger strikers at Memorial Park in Marblehead on March 17, 2022. 
From left, Roger Rosen, Nathan Philips, Sue Donaldson, Judith Black, Joy Gurrie, and Rob Bonney
Batteries and renewables
Much better than fossil fuels


 

Roger Rosen
Roger Rosen
Nathan Phillips
Nathan Phillips
Sue Donaldson
Sue Donaldson
Judith Black
Judith Black
Joy Gurrie
Joy Gurrie
Rob Bonney
Rob Bonney
Nathan Phillips, Sue Donaldson, and Judith Black leading the chants
Nathan Phillips, Sue Donaldson, and Judith Black leading the chants
Marblehead
End the Contract
With Renewables
Make your New Pact
Hillary David with her child
Hillary David with her child
Lynn Nadeau holds sign
Lynn Nadeau holding a sign
Fossil fuel or fossil free
Think about your legacy!
Woman holding sign
Mimmi Hollister holding sign
Holly Janes, right, holding sign
Sally Scott & Holly Janes, in front, holding signs; rear, Maria Wilkens
Woman in knit cap
Ellen Leaman in knit cap
Woman smiling
Smiling Eileen Matheiu
Joy Gurrie, Rob Bonney & woman
Joy Gurrie, Rob Bonney & Carole Rein
Judith Black and Roger Rosen
Judith Black and Jim Mulloy
Nathan Phillips & Sue Donaldson hold signs for passing cars
Nathan Phillips & Sue Donaldson hold signs for passing cars
We are unstoppable
Another world is possible
Woman holding sign
Cathy Marie Michael, holding sign made by her grandchildren
Conservation should come first
Honor gifts from the earth


Photos 2022 Jerry Halberstadt  Statement by the strikers.  Facebook: Strikers


Other press coverage: Wicked Local, photos by David Sokol | Item Live, story by Sophie Yarin, photo Jakob Menendez | The Salem News, story by Paul Leighton | Daily Hampshire Gazette