AOC: My Dreams of Motherhood Now Bittersweet Because of Global Warming

Ocasio Cortez and wealthiest ░░░░░░░░ have withdrawn from the ░░░░░░░░ in action not a ░░░░░░░░ one is on track ░░░░░░░░ meet their Paris goals ░░░░░░░░ still we don t ░░░░░░░░ to project one minute ░░░░░░░░ our future to see ░░░░░░░░ the climate crisis is ░░░░░░░░ here On this note ░░░░░░░░ speak to you not ░░░░░░░░ an elected official or ░░░░░░░░ figure but I speak ░░░░░░░░ you as a human ░░░░░░░░ a woman whose dreams ░░░░░░░░ motherhood now taste bittersweet ░░░░░░░░ of what I know ░░░░░░░░ our children s future ░░░░░░░░ that our actions are ░░░░░░░░ for bringing their most ░░░░░░░░ possibilities into focus I ░░░░░░░░ to you as daughter ░░░░░░░░ descendant of colonized peoples ░░░░░░░░ have already begun to ░░░░░░░░ Just two years ago ░░░░░░░░ of the deadliest disasters ░░░░░░░░ the United States struck ░░░░░░░░ the form of Hurricane ░░░░░░░░ The climate change powered ░░░░░░░░ killed over 3000 Puerto ░░░░░░░░ American citizens My own ░░░░░░░░ died in the aftermath ░░░░░░░░ because they were living ░░░░░░░░ colonial rule which contributed ░░░░░░░░ the dire conditions and ░░░░░░░░ of recovery This year ░░░░░░░░ saw Hurricane Dorian wreaked ░░░░░░░░ havage in the wreaked ░░░░░░░░ ravage in the Bahamas ░░░░░░░░ that is not a ░░░░░░░░ As many have noticed ░░░░░░░░ an noted in an ░░░░░░░░ turn the climate crisis ░░░░░░░░ passed is first impacting ░░░░░░░░ who have not only ░░░░░░░░ to our emissions the ░░░░░░░░ but have already suffered ░░░░░░░░ in the global history ░░░░░░░░ inequality colonization and imperialism ░░░░░░░░ one injustice upon another ░░░░░░░░ this is everyone s ░░░░░░░░ too and no person ░░░░░░░░ insulated from this reality ░░░░░░░░ many of the people ░░░░░░░░ and marginalized in our ░░░░░░░░ regimes the lineages of ░░░░░░░░ indigenous peoples and tightly ░░░░░░░░ communities also have knowledge ░░░░░░░░ many of the practices ░░░░░░░░ are our solutions as ░░░░░░░░ So it is no ░░░░░░░░ that many of our ░░░░░░░░ conclusions reinforce indigenous wisdom ░░░░░░░░ practices cultivated over thousands ░░░░░░░░ years.”