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Aliyah Graves, a hybrid office worker who was on her way to work with an iced coffee in hand, told Hyperallergic that while she was not familiar with the climate emergency group, she immediately understood their message.
“I think a lot of people are fed up with how things are going,” Graves said. Referencing her own Gullah Geechee heritage, she pointed out the amplified impact of climate change on Indigenous communities and groups with cultural practices rooted in land stewardship.
“I think lawful disobedience is needed in a society, that’s what makes a democracy great,” Graves.