Joining hundreds of thousands people from various organizations, members of the John Jay community enthusiastically turned out for the People’s Climate March on Sunday, September 21 in New York City, to draw attention to the pressing need for a political roadmap to stem the tide of climate change. Hoping to influence the upcoming Climate Summit at the United Nations, the throngs of marchers from around the country and around the world – representing groups as diverse as environmental non-profits to labor unions to activist grandmothers – marched in solidarity.

The John Jay contingent, inspired by the new minor in Sustainability and Environmental Justice (SEJ), and organized by Associate Professor Alexander Schlutz, SEJ program coordinator, and Adjunct Professor Nyasha Laing, along with Lindsey Kayman, Director of Environmental Health and Safety at John Jay,  marched through the streets of midtown and took in the street theater, drumming, and overall excitement of a seemingly never-ending tide of people all sending a clear message to political leaders: help the planet before it’s too late.

For more information about the new, interdisciplinary Sustainability and Environmental Justice program, visit: http://sustainabilityjjay.org/.