IndyKids Voices
IndyKids Voices is a podcast by IndyKids, a social justice news source for kids, by kids. Our podcast includes our Climate Crisis series, audio storytelling projects, kid reporter interviews, and more from student reporters ages 9-15. Visit IndyKids.org to find out how you can participate and support!
IndyKids Voices
Climate Crisis Episode 4: Pipeline Resistance and Divesting With Organizer Jackie Fielder
IndyKids reporters Cayzlen and Maliyah interview activist Jackie Fielder about her experiences organizing against the Dakota Access Pipeline and her role in the divestment movement happening in San Francisco.
Key terms to listen for:
Ancestral territories
Reservation
Treaty
Tribal citizen
Renewable energy
Divestment / disinvestment
Discussion Questions:
- What led Jackie to become a climate organizer?
- Why does Jackie want the city of San Francisco to stop doing business with big banks?
- Why are pipelines so dangerous?
- What specific kinds of renewable energy does Jackie want to replace fossil fuel power?
- What does divestment have to do with civil rights?
- Why does Jackie say we need a cultural shift in order to fight climate change?
Credits:
IndyKids Reporters – Maliyah Ledesma and Cayzlen Rodriguez
Produced by Emily Löwinger, Isis Phillips and Julia Thomas
Edited by Emily Löwinger
Audio Mentor – Julia Thomas
Show Intro Music by Luca Cantagallo
Original Artwork by Cayzlen Rodriguez
Special thanks to Emma Gaffney
We’d like to thank The New York Community Trust and Wolf Family for their support.