Don’t expect to see much in the corporate media, but this Friday is an international day of strikes and protests to bring attention to the ongoing disaster of climate change.

For a couple of weeks now, citizens have been doing protests on Friday evenings in Monroe Park. This Friday at 5 pm, there will be a larger protest followed by a march to City Hall.

From the FaceBook event page description:

On September 20th the Planet is Striking!

​Join Richmond XR, Sunrise Richmond, Richmond Citizen’s Climate Lobby and a coalition of other environmental groups for the Global Climate Strike​ on September 20th! The School Strike movement has swept across the planet, and made significant gains in Europe. Now it’s time for adults to join ranks.

Bring your banners, your children, your parents, your grandparents! All ages are welcome to this nonviolent demonstration!

Then, on Saturday, there is this event:

(Editor’s note: We have reached a very busy time in Richmond’s calendar. I doubt I will be able to keep up with all the events that are going on around the neighborhood. It’s a good time to mention that I am open to volunteer writers for the site. Only requirement is that you are a resident of the neighborhood.)