-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Renata Pumarol still remembers the energy and beauty of the moment when climate activists took a stand against New York City's most important bank. Pumarol is a seasoned activist , her experience spanning from housing reform to improving the lives of working class women. Today she is deputy director of Climate Organizing Hub, an organization that assists protesters throughout the world under the name Climate Defenders .
Pumarol has participated in hundreds of protests and been in the climate movement for more than a decade, but that autumn night stands out in her memory. It was September 2023, and she had joined hundreds of others protesters in New York City's Upper East Side to shut down the New York Federal Reserve . "It was a beautiful moment, with dozens of people getting arrested for blocking the doors of city headquarters.
" "It was right after the march to end fossil fuels; we were also one of the organizing organizers of that march," said Pumarol. "We also planned, after the march, a series of disruptions, one of which was in front of city headquarters. You could just feel the energy.
It was a beautiful moment, with dozens of people getting arrested for blocking the doors of city headquarters." They blocked activity at the headquarters for more than three hours. "The energy outside was just like in that plaza; it was beautiful.
I think for me, that seems like one of the highlights in recent years." Related Sit-down strikes revolu.