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๐ŸŒป U.S. Youth Poet Laureate and certified random word generator. ๐ŸŒปIntersectional feminist. ๐ŸŒปClimate warrior and ecoartivist. ๐ŸŒปIndian-American โ”‚ She/Her.

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Joined March 2020
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
We are so proud of Meera Dasgupta @bornfromspices, one of our incredible alums! She was both the first Asian American and the youngest United States Youth Poet Laureate. ๐Ÿ‘ @NYCommTrust
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
Arctic Angel @ShnayderSharona will join SCC co-founders @BiancaPitt4 and @elisebuckle giving an opening address for the summit! And Arctic Angels @bornfromspices and @Climate_Sharon will join the power of words session โœ๏ธ
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
Petr Franc and Cynthia Nyongesa opens the youth-led mobilization day of the #TransformingEducationSummit. At right is Meera Dasgupta @bornfromspices, 2020 United States Youth Poet Laureate. @TransformingEdu UN Photo/Laura Jarriel
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
As seen on @GMB yesterdayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“ข RT if you think every weather forecast should be preceded by a global warming forecast. ๐Ÿ“ข #ClimateReport #ClimateActionNow
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
You can't compromise with people that are happy to watch entire countries burn for money. You can't compromise with people happy to bring on ever more suffering and death for another yacht. There is no compromise. There is victory or there is loss. And that's it.
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I read a quote by Natalie Diaz: "Trust your anger. It is a demand for love." I am angry because we do not have the time to be complacent but I am hopeful because there is still time; our feelings are not limited as activists. We are multifaceted. PC ๐Ÿ“ธ: Gina Randazzo
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Honestly, Earth day was just another day for me. When the world is literally burning, action cannot be limited to 24 hours - every day we are fighting to survive and yet we cannot see it. We cannot fully celebrate a forced resilience until we have ensured our futures for good.
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
Only one species on Earth is so arrogantly alienated from nature it has to set aside a day just to reluctantly acknowledge it lives on a planet. #EarthDay
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
I'm grateful we tried. Man, oh, man, did we try.
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I capture photos at protests because we often define climate strikes as a gathering of the masses when, in reality, there are many individuals who make a movement. All of these faces tell a story; we must take the time to listen โ˜€๏ธ.
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
Celebrating leaders in our borough, we were joined on 3/23 by @GovKathyHochul, @RepRitchie, @bronxbp, US Youth Poet Laureate @bornfromspices, the Celia Cruz High School Choir, and many more for a #WomensHistoryMonth event honoring groundbreaking Bronx women. Take a look!
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Meera Dasgupta ๐ŸŒŽ retweeted
You can check more about our next global climate strike at fridaysforfuture.org/march25
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Thank you so much for sharing @GirlBeHeard! I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of an amazing cohort embedded in radical joy and change. Looking forward to all that we continue to do in the GBH family! ๐ŸŒป
โ€œAs young people, we tend to take the world on our shoulders. We feel as if the burden of these changes & revolutions belong to us, but at the same time we have to remember that we're part of a collective. Radical joy means finding & embodying the spirit of community." - Meera D.
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Donโ€™t miss the chance to participate in the @HumanImpacts YAC Youth Environmental Assembly tomorrow! Special thanks to @unepmgcy for providing us with grant funding and our amazing speakers/workshop facilitators for volunteering their time to uplift youth in climate advocacy!
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Shoutout to all of the BIPOC women who have been and are currently leading the climate movement - take this time to celebrate you ๐ŸŒŽ!
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I donโ€™t want to pull a seat up to a table that does not value my contribution. Rather, I would build my own as not only has a new table been long overdue but the old chairs have become uncomfortable to sit in. #WomensMonth
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