Climate Justice Storytime: People Power
This climate justice storytime centers people power—how individuals and communities come together to care for the Earth and each other. Through books like Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen, The World Is Ours to Cherish by Mary Annaïse Heglar, and Speak Up by Miranda Paul, children explore advocacy, collective action, and hope. Songs like “People Gonna Rise Like the Water” and “What Can One Little Person Do” encourage participation and highlight the impact of even small voices. Families will take part in a creative action to connect storytelling to real-world civic engagement.
Liat Olenick is a co-founder and lead organizer with Climate Families NYC, a grassroots non-profit organization committed to family and child centered collective action for climate justice. Prior to working in the climate movement, she taught elementary school science, pre-k, 1st and 2nd grade in NYC public schools while serving as a school sustainability coordinator and worked in the education department of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Liat has a Masters Degree in Childhood and Museum Education from Bank Street College. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner, and 2 children.
This program is made possible with generous support from ConEdison.
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05/09/2026 11:00 am
05/09/2026 12:00 pm
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Climate Justice Storytime: People Power
<div>This climate justice storytime centers people power—how individuals and communities come together to care for the Earth and each other. Through books like <em>Sometimes People March</em> by Tessa Allen, <em>The World Is Ours to Cherish</em> by Mary Annaïse Heglar, and <em>Speak Up</em> by Miranda Paul, children explore advocacy, collective action, and hope. Songs like “People Gonna Rise Like the Water” and “What Can One Little Person Do” encourage participation and highlight the impact of even small voices. Families will take part in a creative action to connect storytelling to real-world civic engagement.</div><div> </div><div>Liat Olenick is a co-founder and lead organizer with Climate Families NYC, a grassroots non-profit organization committed to family and child centered collective action for climate justice. Prior to working in the climate movement, she taught elementary school science, pre-k, 1st and 2nd grade in NYC public schools while serving as a school sustainability coordinator and worked in the education department of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Liat has a Masters Degree in Childhood and Museum Education from Bank Street College. She lives…
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