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<br /> kind of hit my feet running on the ground. But, I decided reluctantly to keep going. My sophomore
<br /> year, I was asked to join a Green Ribbon Commission for the City of South Bend which is a group
<br /> of mostly adults,well,all adults,in the City of South Bend who work together to create sustainable
<br /> discussions around what is going on in the Michiana area.
<br /> She continued,Through that,I thought there was maybe enough momentum to keep us going.That
<br /> is when I was approached by students at Notre Dame, Dr. Phil Sakimoto and Dr. Laura Dassow
<br /> Walls. They were really interested in taking a class, the Sustainability Principles and Practices
<br /> class of 2017 to take a more detailed and academic approach to getting more research done about
<br /> South Bend and Indiana, in particular, with regards to climate change and sustainability. So, they
<br /> were able to create a fifty (50) page document that outlines sustainable practices in Indiana, the
<br /> shortcomings of climate change work in Indiana and where climate change recovery could really
<br /> flourish in our area. It was the first(1St)time that we had a really detailed and academic perspective
<br /> on the issue I had been working on and so it validated, for me, a lot of the work that we had been
<br /> doing. Joining with them, I was then approached by Ms. Velshonna Luckey and helped create the
<br /> Robinson Community Learning Center Climate Change Club. I'm going to pass it off to my fellow
<br /> youth up here so you kind of get the connection of how they are related to this,but I would like to
<br /> say thank you so much. This has been a long time coming and I am so happy to be here tonight.
<br /> Jackie Brebeck, 1855 Vaness Street, stated, I'm a senior at Notre Dame. I'm very proud of Julia
<br /> and all of the work she has committed to this. To pick up where Julia left off, I was in that class at
<br /> Notre Dame that started working with Julia and with Montessori School students to produce that
<br /> fifty(50)page report and a draft climate ordinance. That is how I became involved. I and another
<br /> student from that class, Tyler Newsome,joined the Climate Club last year and began working and
<br /> creating more youth involvement through that. I met Josh in that club and Tai is currently helping
<br /> out, as well, and that is how it all came together in the end to bring us here today. We have been
<br /> working, all of us together, with Councilmember Broden and Therese to make this Council
<br /> Meeting happen and have the Robinson Center Climate Club, Montessori School students and
<br /> other youth in South Bend to be here today. So, thank you for having us.
<br /> Ms. McKenna stated, Before we continue, there have been so many people that have been so
<br /> instrumental in helping us get here and I would like to take a moment to thank some of the people
<br /> who have gotten us to this point. So really quickly, if I read your name, please go ahead a stand so
<br /> we can recognize the sheer number of people we have in this room who have been integral in
<br /> getting us here. Jim Poiser, Grace Coman, Matthew Peterson, Therese Dorau, Dr. Phil Sakimoto,
<br /> Dr. Laura Dassow Walls, the students from the sustainability principles and practices class of
<br /> Notre Dame of 2017, Dr. Rachel Novik, Maddie McGuire, Jo M. Broden, Ms. Velshonna Luckey,
<br /> Todd Johnson, all of my Climate Champions and my youth involved in this project. They are
<br /> central to this project and I would just like to thank them.
<br /> Co-Committee Chair Broden stated,And, if I might add, former Councilmember Randy Kelly. He
<br /> linked me into all of this coincidentally a year ago today. So, thank you.
<br /> Sarah Anatolios, 1604 E. Jefferson Boulevard, stated, I am a fifth (5th) grader at Good Sheppard
<br /> Montessori School.This(referencing a slide in a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's
<br /> office)is a basic diagram showing the Greenhouse Effect which some could say is the real problem
<br /> seeing as climate change is a natural process that is the change of the Earth's temperature and
<br /> weather patterns over time. As you can see, it starts with the energy from the Sun warming the
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