Raeeka Yassaie : Climate in crisis

Topics covered : Climate crisis, capitalism, activism, Gaza, LA wildfires, Iran, community care, resistance, joy.

Raeeka (they/she) is a British-Iranian social & climate justice activist and poet. They work for Parents For Future UK, a group focused on empowering parents and carers into the climate movement. Raeeka is also on the Stop Rosebank team, working to stop new oil and gas in the UK. Raeeka amplifies the feminist revolution of their Iranian siblings in the fight for a free Iran. They have a special focus on intersectional collective liberation as a framework for how we build the world we need. They have recently self-published a poetry book: BELOVED: Words for the new way.

In this conversation we talk about the climate crisis and how finding out what your skill is and leaning into that, is key with heart centered activism.

To connect with Raeeka…

Raeeka | climate justice & social justiceBritish Iranian (@raeekayassaie) • Instagram photos and videos

RaeekaYassaie.com | Poetry for collective liberation

Resources they mentioned…

ParentsForFuture Ireland instagram - great landing place for climate for any parents listening

ParentsForFuture UK

Stop Rosebank - learn about stopping new oil and gas in the UK

Climate Defiance

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