All the candidates, up and down the ballot, need to see that the climate justice movement has political power.

I follow Clinton down the campaign trail because I believe in her. I train activists across the nation to ask her to champion keeping fossil fuels in the ground because we want Clinton to be our ally in our fight against the fossil fuel industry.

I needed to make sure Hillary Clinton heard our message loud and clear: that young women across the country are against fossil fuel funding.

By demanding accountability and sincere commitments to a sustainable future in the presidential race, we question and weaken the stronghold that fossil fuels have on our political system.

At the center of political action, and at the center of the climate justice movement, are a value for community, people, and the environment; a commitment to diversity and climate justice; and a belief in the power of youth and political engagement.