Jamie Margolin

Jamie Margolin

Jamie Margolin is a Colombian-American Jewish author, filmmaker, organizer, and public speaker. She is the founder of the international youth climate justice movement called Zero Hour that led the official "Youth Climate Marches" in Washington, DC and 25+ cities around the world during the summer of 2018. Zero Hour has over 200+ chapters worldwide and has been a leading organization in the climate movement.12

Jamie is the author of a book called "Youth To Power: Your Voice and How To Use It," which has been translated into many languages and sold all over the world. The book serves as a guide to organizing and activism, and is a recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal Nautilus Book Award for YA nonfiction.1

She is also a plaintiff on the Our Children's Trust Youth v. Gov Washington state lawsuit, Aji P. vs. State of Washington, suing the state of Washington for denying her generation their constitutional rights to a livable environment by worsening the climate crisis.1

Jamie is the director, screenwriter, and lead actress in a web series called ART MAJORS, which is a show about a friend group of LGBTQ+ art students struggling with queer love and breaking into the entertainment industry. She is also the host of "Lavender You", a podcast and online community talking about queer arts and media representation.1

Since 2021, Jamie has been the founder, director and screenwriter at a new animation production company called PELEA animation, working on bringing their first animated short film to life that centers on environmental justice themes.23