*[Enwl-eng] Speaker Pelosi: Meet with Extinction Rebellion Hunger Strikers

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                  Speaker Pelosi: Meet with Extinction Rebellion Hunger 
Strikers

                  ** Campaign created by Eric Tien and Stephen Leas, 13-Day 
Hunger Strikers **

                  This is wrong. We shouldn’t have to starve ourselves just 
to meet with you. Our generation will live with the decisions you make. 
Please sit down for one hour with youth climate hunger strikers to discuss 
the greatest crisis the world has ever faced.

                  CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY 
PELOSI.



                  Two weeks ago, fifteen activists with Extinction 
Rebellion, some as young as 17, went on a hunger strike in Nancy Pelosi’s 
office in Washington, DC. All we asked for was a one-hour recorded meeting 
to discuss climate action. We are all terrified for our futures and willing 
to risk our own health to prevent catastrophic warming.

                  Each day our condition grew worse. Some would get dizzy 
when trying to stand. Many suffered hunger pangs that kept them from 
sleeping. But she wouldn’t even speak to us.

                  After a few days, most of the hunger strikers could not 
continue. But two pushed on: Eric, 27, and Stephen, 28. On the sixth day, 
Eric’s mom called him crying and begged him to eat again, saying she couldn’t 
sleep anymore.

                  The two hunger strikers stayed hungry while Speaker Pelosi 
flew back to California. They skipped holiday dinners while she enjoyed 
Thanksgiving with her family. Their loved ones pleaded with them to eat. 
Multiple doctors advised them to eat. But they knew that everyone’s future 
was on the line, so they continued to sacrifice their bodies.

                  By day thirteen, Eric had lost 16 pounds and Stephen had 
lost 23. Finally on December 1st, under immense pressure from friends, 
family, and doctors, they agreed to eat. They hadn’t received so much as a 
word from Pelosi. Eric and Stephen are in recovery now.

                  We believe that Pelosi has a moral responsibility to meet 
with the young people whose future she is deciding. Please ask her to honor 
their sacrifice and sit down with them for one hour: it’s the least she can 
do. Thank you.



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                  Background:
                  >  Eric Tien, The Guardian: "My Hunger Strike Could Be 
Deadly, But I Am Willing to Risk That for Climate Action"
                  >  The Real News: "Extinction Rebellion Hunger Strike in 
its 10th Day"



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Subject: Speaker Pelosi: Meet with Extinction Rebellion Hunger Strikers

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