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This is Daniela Trapani with Prisha Rao. We are recording on May 26th, 2022 for the Queens Memory Project. Uh, Prisha, could you say your full name and spell it please?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=10.0,24.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: PRISHA RAO. So it's P R I S H a R a O.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=24.0,28.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay, great. Thank you. Uh, the first question I wanted to ask you was, uh, what got you interested in environmental efforts?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=28.0,37.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: So, um, there are a couple of things because when I was a child, I think a couple of me, meaning like maybe eight years ago, I went to India and, um, I had always been going, going to India like every summer. Um, and then there was this one moment, um, where we visited our beach house or like the, uh, the house that my mom grew up in. And, um, basically it's like next to the, um, ocean, like directly next to the ocean. Um, and we noticed that most of the water had been coming closer and closer to our house, um, to the point where it was like just a couple of meters away. Um, and all these people, the townspeople in that village were building up a wall around, um, the ocean to make sure that it wouldn't ruin their houses. And, um, I remember asking my sister like why it was like that and why we couldn't just move and like move her house. Um, and remember her telling me that like, like they couldn't afford it and it wasn't possible. Um, and that really, really like steered me into, um, environmental, um, justice and environmental activism, because I noticed how, um, just like how companies and like major corporations, the government haven't really brought justice to the communities that have been in, uh, affected by environmental, uh, damage.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=37.0,130.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you for talking about that. Um, I wanna talk, touch on that later. Um, but first I want to ask you, um, you know, since this is for the Queens Library project and with Queens Library, um, what is your personal relationship with Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=130.0,146.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Just with Queens or Queens Library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=146.0,148.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Um, yeah, yeah, the library or New York City. Anything you wanna talk about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=148.0,153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah, so, um, I have, well, I've grown up here all my life. Um, and one of the things that I loved to do almost every single summer was do summer reading program at Queens Library. Um, I was one of those kids that like sat in the library for like hours just reading in the, in the library. Um, yeah, that was amazing. Um, I just like fond memories liked the library and just the community of like all these different people in Queens, like Queens is so diverse. Um, and I really grew an attachment to that just because I saw people who looked like me and people who didn't look like me, and that really helped me understand my own identity and like how I could express it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=153.0,195.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's great. Um, I love, you know, touching on the library and also living Queens it's, it's such a unique place, so thank you for that. Um, okay. Steering more towards your environmental efforts. Could you describe what TREEage is and how it started?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=195.0,213.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: So TREEage is well TREEage, both of them work, but, um, okay. We're a coalition of youth leaders that work to make sure that environmental justice is brought to, um, communities that need it. Um, and we usually do this by, um, canvassing for political candidates who support art cause, um, and we also do this by, um, lobbying for, uh, legislation, environmental legislation that we feel that we need.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=213.0,243.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Awesome. Um, do you know how it started or you know, more about the history of it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=243.0,249.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Um, I'm pretty sure it started right during the bigger climate strike that happened in 2019. Um, and people wanted to keep going. They saw how the youth effort really made people realize how important of an issue environmental, uh, justice was. So the coalition came together kind of after that because people still wanted to do something just besides striking and just keep organizing. So that's how it formed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=249.0,276.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Very cool. Um, could you talk, uh, about some of TREEage's past work in which you've been involved?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=276.0,284.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah, of course. Um, so one of the first things I did in TREEage, um, but just being a hive leader. So, um, as a hive leader in my school, um, our green team just collaborated, um, for can, uh, for helping with candidates, um, like Jaslin Kaur, um, we helped a lot with her campaign. Um, I think, I don't know exactly how many members we have gotten out from our green team, um, to participate in Jaslin's campaign, but we did, um, a lot of canvassing. Um, some people did phone banking if they couldn't come. Um, but that's howI like started with TREEage. And recently we've been doing more work, um, with like organizing and stuff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=284.0,329.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay, cool. Could you talk about some of the, uh, borough organizing you're doing now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=329.0,334.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah, sure. So this year, um, I was given the position of borough organizer, um, after I've been really into, um, just like the policy side kind of stuff. Um, and borough organizing has been really great. Um, it's mostly just like a lot of phone calling, networking, and making sure that people who signed up to be a part of TREEage are actively involved. And we still have people who are like parti participating in other ways, even if they like graduated or if they can't like come out into the field and do work. Um, so yeah, a lot of phone calls, um, a lot of texting, um, and we do hold, um, borough wide meetings. So like basically we tell everyone to get together. We have some food sometimes. Um, and we talk about what each person may need for their school, because a lot of individuals like from each, um, borough also like to bring TREEage into their school somehow. So they do some work in like legislation and stuff, but bur borough organizers are like the center of making sure that the people who aren't in like leadership positions still get a chance to shine and do some of their own, um, organizing work.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=334.0,412.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Awesome. This sounds very, um, this, something you're involved in this and, um, sounds like you're, you're growing within this role and, and taking on more, which is really great. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e um, talking about the environment more broadly. I wanna ask you how you think the environment in Queens and New York City has changed over the years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=412.0,433.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. So first when I moved into my neighborhood Corona, um, the environment, the best way to describe it was honestly, um, not the best. Meaning there was a lot of air pollution and there still is, but just because there has been more investment lately in, um, this neighborhood in particular, because a lot of people have been trying to like upscale it and then like sell it to rich people. Um, it's been getting a bit better. Um, and obviously one part is not good, but on the other hand, like air is getting better. Not for the, uh, not for the right reasons. Of course. Yeah. Um, which is very unfortunate. But again, the justice portion of it just shows us how important it is to make sure that like environmental justice is taken into consideration and not just like environmentalism. Cuz if you just look at it from the environmentalist perspective, you can just see that, oh, Queens is getting better.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=433.0,498.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Like New York City is getting better overall, but it's like, but where is it getting better? Is it getting better in communities of color or is it just benefiting white people? Um, so yeah, I, I saw a lot of that here cuz Corona is, I mean, Queens entirely is mostly people of color, but especially in my areas it was mostly people of color. Um, and over the years I've seen the neighborhood kind of shift, um, into more of a less polluted area, but the demographics have also changed. So that's what I've seen at least in my neighborhood, but that's probably true across Queens as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=498.0,539.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e um, what's like, are there specific changes that you're seeing, um, in, in the area? Like what, what exactly are they doing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=539.0,548.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Okay. So one thing I've cha I've seen change is supermarket space, which I know isn't talked about a lot, but I don't, I don't think I realized myself and um, how important supermarket space was until recently, like for example, this specific supermarket that showed up next to my house, I think five years ago. Um, but I remember before it was like barely a supermarket, like you couldn't fit that much produce. Um, and I think it, I don't remember what it was called, but the one we have here right now is called GW, which is like a much larger it's I think is a chain too. So that's why it's incredibly larger. Um, but so many more people can get produce. And I think a lot of people travel from different places just to go to the supermarket cuz it's huge. Um, so that also like tips the scale of like how people are living, um, mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e terms of their health. And I think that also changes the way that people in general like are affected by, um, air pollution, just like the environment. So I think that's like one of the biggest changes I've seen. Um, but yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=548.0,619.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. All right. Cool. Interesting. Um, and another question I wanted to ask you with, with your environmental work, um, do you see intersection or effects from climate change and if so, what are they?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=619.0,633.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Oh, could you repeat that? I'm so sorry.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=633.0,634.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Um, in your work with, uh, TREEage is TREEage, is there intersection or effects from climate change? If so, what are they?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=634.0,643.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, definitely intersections with climate change. Um, a lot of the work that TREEage does is to, um, combat the effects of climate change while we aren't like actively creating solutions to combat climate change. It's how everyone can make sure that they're combating it on like a grassroots grassroots level, um, equally, because obviously like everyone gets impacted differently. Um, different identities get impacted differently. So I think TREEage does a really good job. First of all, making sure that these people are represented in their actual membership and also making sure they apply it to the legislation that they defend and the candidates that, that they defend. Um, so a lot of the work we do is making sure that the people that we help are, um, not the people that we help are not getting negatively affected by climate change as much as, um, the other person.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=643.0,712.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right, right. It affects, you know, affects everything now. Yeah. Um, I know you talked about air pollution, but um, I was wondering what you thought was the most pressing environmental concern facing Queens or if it was air pollution talking about that more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=712.0,728.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Ooh, that's a tough one because obviously for me it's different than other people because again, like I live in Corona, um, air pollution is definitely a big factor, especially if you like look at more affluent neighborhoods. Like I know, um, some neighborhoods in Manhattan on the Lower, Lower East Side don't remember exactly what it was. Um, but just because they have more, um, space for trees and more trees in general, like the actual air is the air quality is much better there. Um, so there's also been like a lower rate of people with respiratory problems, which is heartbreaking to see because most of the people I know in my area have respiratory problems and it's not like, oh, I know a person that has like asthma, blah, blah, blah. But it's like so many people have respiratory problems and it's, it's really bad. Um, and like for me that would be like maybe concern on my level because I also had asthma and that was probably affected by like where I grew up because it's not necessarily a genetic thing because my parents didn't have it. Um, it's like where you grow and develop. And me, my sister both had like lung issues,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=728.0,805.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: I guess. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=805.0,806.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Um, so yeah, that was like, for me, that was a big problem. But again, people who live closer to the shoreline in Queens, like if you go to College Point, like that's entirely different because you also have, you know, rising sea levels and that's terrible. Like you have to make sure that the coastal airs are also being preserved. Um, and people aren't, you know, disproportionately impacted just cuz they live on the coast. So there's so many diverse ways that Queens is being affected by climate change that I'm not sure I can say, which is the biggest problem, but I think the biggest problem is that people are being affected disproportionately.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=806.0,847.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. Yeah, no, I, I think you touched on it, um, really well and that it depends on where you are, but there are multiple environmental concerns. Yeah. Um, and I, I'm glad that you touched on the issue of environmental, the connection between environment and health. I think that's really important, um, in the places and organizations that you've worked in, um, concerning the environment. Have you seen, um, have you seen the effects of air pollution, um, at all in your work or other environmental issues come up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=847.0,882.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. You said effect of air pollution in like the places that I've worked in. Yeah. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e yeah. Um, so definitely, um, I think I used to, um, volunteer for candidates, especially in the Brooklyn area just because a lot of my friends were there. So I was like, oh, I can like, I don't know, canvas and also visit my friends. Um, but yeah, it's again, like I said, different areas are impacted way differently, um, by air pollution and climate change, but you can see cuz Brooklyn is very much, uh, gen uh, gentrified. A lot of it is gentrified, um, much more than a lot of, um, places in Queens. So that is a drastic difference because the way people are set up in neighborhoods and like the actual corporations that like reside next to them and how their neighborhoods are just like being taken away from them, their, their impacts from climate change are completely different because they're being forced to live in situations where they can't get out of.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=882.0,948.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":": And obviously it's the same here too. Um, and the same they're in India, like I was talking about earlier, but that's what it reminded me of because it's like they were being forced into a tiny box and they couldn't escape. Um, so air pollution, especially because again, lack of trees and all the corporations that are polluting the air, especially there. Um, and the people that are moving in next door and saying, oh, we claim the space, um, to be like only for us and we're gonna make it super good. We're gonna plant lots of trees. And then your neighborhood is now completely taken advantage of, and you can't have it back. That's what reminded me of that's how it's like parallel to India. The like, yeah. That's like air pollution, especially in that area of work where I was, um, canvasing completely changed my view on the intensity of like how people are affected by climate change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=948.0,1003.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm, \u003caffirmative\u003e definitely, there are a lot of disparities, environmental disparities between different groups of people. Yeah. Mm-hmm, \u003caffirmative\u003e um, talking more about TREEage. Um, I was looking on its website and I wanted to hear more from you about how, um, you guys work to elect climate justice, um, advocates and how you inform climate justice policy in New York City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1003.0,1028.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. So for candidates, a lot of it has to do with the legislation that they usually support and the legislation they have supported. Um, so usually in their campaign or like when they're announcing their campaign, they have a set of values, um, and policies they support. So a lot of the policies they support have to align with our values and that is for climate justice and making sure it's equitable. I think that's like the main component, but people like Kristen Gonzalez for example, had great examples of making sure that climate justice was equitable and it was for everyone. Um, and the policies she supported, um, reflected that as well. So that's why we wanted to endorse her as a candidate because she reflected our values, um, for legislation, same sort of concept. There's so many environmental, uh, bills out there, leg legislation out there. Um, and obviously we wanna support all of it, but it more comes down to what would benefit the people more?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1028.0,1097.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Is it gonna be making amendments to the ways that plastic is recycled or making sure that all these communities get access to renewable energy? So obviously one would benefit the person directly while the other one might not even actually affect people. Because obviously when we look at recycling, there's a lot of factors that go into why so like a piece plastic can be recycled. Um, so obviously if it's not effective and if we think it's not gonna, um, help the person directly, then it's not a bill we would necessarily endorse, but we would support their legislation that would actively give power to the hands of the people and make sure that they get climate justice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1097.0,1146.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e. Is there a specific, are there specific, um, environmental legislations you guys are advocating for currently?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1146.0,1156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, I think we've been, um, advocating for the BPRA for a while now. Um, there were two different divestment bills that we were supporting a while back. Um, right now we're working on this zero waste bill. Again, it is more for not di directly affecting people, but the one thing from that package that we really were passionate about was the fact that it would give equitable access to, um, composting bins and like composting services. And that changed like the way that I guess, TREEage wanted to support the bill because again, a great part of triage is making sure that things are equitable for people and making sure that, um, people who are more at a chance for disparities are being lifted up and obviously this would give more power to the people and that's why we wanted to support it because this bill would help a lot of people, um, get composting services.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1156.0,1223.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's amazing. Um, and, uh, is TREEage, um, are you guys focusing on certain, uh, campaigns, right? Cause there's there's elections this year, so what does that work look like? Uh, this year?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1223.0,1237.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. So, because everything was kind of re restricted. Um, recently there's been like some shift in like what we should focus on. Um, but we're still focusing on, um, state Senate, uh, candidates like Kristen Gonzalez, um, and people like semi and what else? I can't think other people at the top of my head. Um, so we're focusing on those candidates right now, but yeah, I don't think just because the redistricting, um, in the, the time, um, for voting has like shifted to August that kind of like messed us up because we were focusing on that so hard. And then we were like, we don't even know what platform we're gonna run on now. Like, is everything gonna change? Because the districts change again, mostly because every place has a different need and different, uh, policies to fight for. Um, so yeah, that, that definitely threw us for a loop, but yeah, that's what we're focusing on right now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1237.0,1307.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: We're still focusing on candidates, but we're still focusing on cuz like every, there are different groups, there's, um, people who do policy there's, people who, um, just do political stuff, like, uh, candidates and we're also doing organizing. So the organizing team is, uh, working on the composting bill right now and the zero waste package. Um, so yeah, like there are different things that are going on, but I think all of them are being pretty equally handled because the zero, uh, waste bill, actually, we started to work on like a couple of days ago, but so far it's just been candidates. Um, and now zero waste package.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1307.0,1350.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. Amazing. Thank you for, um, talking about, uh, TREEage's, like, uh, the difference departments and what you guys are doing. Um, I saw your website, um, uh, that you guys are focusing on the Climate and Community Investment Act. Is that one that you already mentioned or is that another one?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1350.0,1368.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Oh, this is a different one. Yeah, the CCIA. Okay. That was also a really important one. Um, we actually had a big Albany [She meant to say Manhattan] strike, um, a couple months ago and that was a big, um, effort by a bunch of students from all, um, all five boroughs mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e and that was amazing because we saw all these people come out and it wasn't necessarily like school strike. We had to go all the way to Albany [Manhattan]. Um, so seeing these students come out with passion, it was just like amazing. Cause we had like a, we had like buses full of people just like ready to march. And obviously it's not like this one felt different only because the other, um, the bigger strikes are more, I don't wanna say viral, but what happens is like people post on social media and it becomes something to go to just to post on social media, but this was just a group of passionate people and they went to Albany [Manhattan].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1368.0,1424.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Um, and yeah, a lot of it also before for the CCIA that was, um, for, um, investing 15 billion. That was also, uh, what the Albany [Manhattan] strike was about before that the CCIA, we had strike for that. Um, same thing here. A lot of people showed up and it really felt like there were more people making demands, not just through striking, but also through, um, sending emails, calling. Um, and that was also surprising to me because again, like there was more emphasis on direct action. Um, yeah, the CCIA, 15 billion investing, 15 billion mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e those are two of the biggest things that TREEage has focused on, um, in the last few, few months.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1424.0,1476.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's fantastic. Um, and I saw on the website, um, you know, the CCIA bill, um, are there ways for New York City residents to persuade their elected officials to vote for it, or what's the current status of that bill?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1476.0,1492.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: So I'm pretty sure it's still on the floor. Um, mostly because especially with the way it was rejected before, still on the floor though, um, it still has a chance. The thing is we're still hoping that it can get passed. Um, cuz it's a great bill. It would benefit a lot of people. So we're still waiting on that one, but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1492.0,1515.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. All right. Awesome. Um, could you talk more about the student hive leaders, um, within TREEage and um, your work as a hive leader?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1515.0,1526.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, wait, just gimme one second. I need to charge my laptop's gonna die.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1526.0,1531.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay. All right. Let me, let me, uh, pause the recording one second. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1531.0,1535.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Sorry about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1535.0,1537.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: \u003claugh\u003e it's okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1537.0,1539.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: I thought it was charged and then it drained battery. Okay. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1539.0,1568.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Okay. I think it's good now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1568.0,1570.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: All Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1570.0,1571.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Okay. Sorry. Could you repeat the question?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1571.0,1575.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. Yeah. Um, could you talk more about the role of student hive leaders within TREEage and your work as a hive leader?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1575.0,1583.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Oh yeah, sure. Um, so hive leaders, um, so we first started out with a hive system, so a bunch of different schools would have a leader that would facilitate activities, um, and make sure that people in their hive would, um, attend meetings and make sure that they would, um, canvas for candidates or phone bank. Um, and it was mainly also to create projects for the hive and, um, maybe like ask for any resources or workshops that, um, the hive needed for to just understand, uh, climate legislation better or to understand climate justice better. So it was like more of a system to engage schools, um, and the people in the schools. But now it's more of a system where while hives still, uh, still do exist, uh, the system that's more emphasized is the working groups. So like I said before, there's organizing, policy, and political. Um, there's also an internal group that mostly work, uh, works on like the organization of TREEage.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1583.0,1660.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: And there's like a subgroup where it's like policy research. So we all do very different things. Um, and people are more involved directly with TREEage rather than, um, just canvassing or lobbying. It's more about leading and taking initiative for themselves. So it's like everyone's sort of a hive leader, um, at this point, but people still have hives and if they still have hives and that hive system works, I, I think it still works pretty well. Um, because I still can talk to my hive members. They don't have to come to every single meeting. Um, but it gives me a good opportunity to make sure that all these people get a good glimpse into, um, environmental justice, because while my hive is technically a green team, like this is a good aspect for them to focus on policy and legislation rather than, um, just focusing on like, I don't know, building a garden or like sustainability mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e, um, it offers a new lens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1660.0,1723.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: So like I love hives because of that, because it usually starts out with the green team and they usually end up pushing this idea of environment, uh, environmental legislation, um, to really make it impactful because obviously once you graduate high school, it's not gonna be all about building gardens. It's gonna be about how can this keep going on for decades? How can we make sure that people are benefiting, um, from the environment instead of, you know, being impacted harmfully by it. So that's only through, uh, legislation, enforcement of legislation mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e so I think TREEage and the hives, especially do a great job of that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1723.0,1763.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right. That's awesome. Yeah. There's with environmental justice, right? There's so many different facets. It's education, policy, political action. There's many things you, you can get involved with. Yeah. Um, were there any favorite projects of yours, um, that you've worked on with your green team? Um, as a hive leader?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1763.0,1784.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, I think one of the big things was actually Jaslin Kaur. Um, and I only say that cause it was like one of my first things that I did as a hive leader and I, that just made me really excited cuz I remember like, it was really exciting to bring a new part like I said before to the green team, a new perspective because so many of our members were focused on doing the small things while I did find were really nice and like, I guess, aesthetic to look at. Um, I think, I think it was really good for people to realize that there's so much more we can do, um, and organize through TREEage. Um, so yeah, I think that was like one of my favorite things to do because so many people, especially cuz it was new were like going out for Jaslin, door knocking, um, talking, um, really we really got to bond throughout the day we phone banks and a lot of people like gain skills too because they started to, um, they started to like call people up more and like practice their talking because honestly if one person, um, hung up on you, like another person would call. So it's like, you get a chance to like, I don't know, work on your, uh, speaking skills too. So a lot of people enjoy that. So that, that has to be one of my favorite things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1784.0,1865.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. That's awesome. And like you're saying there's, you know, these transferable skills that you pick up mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e uh, as part of advocacy that you can, you know, bring to other parts of your life. Um, so as you mentioned, um, TREEage is run by youth leaders, activists and organizers, um, for you, what is the importance of involving youth and activism, um, and work like this?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1865.0,1888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah, I think it's so important to include youth in this work, especially because we are the ones who have to deal with all this damage. Um, and honestly we do offer a new perspective, I think because obviously it's like, because we're bur I don't wanna say burden, but because we are burdened. Um, but the fact that we might have to actually actively fight, um, climate change, we have ideas on how to tackle them and we know how we're impacted by them because we're so worried about it. And because of that, we can offer a new perspective on how to make climate legislation work for us and how in, how we can help communities out. Because at some point we have to fight for it in the future. So it's really important for us to be involved and especially because if we have our peers and we get our peers involved, especially because teens have such a good network, like we go to school and we can have a bunch of people show up in numbers for, um, a strike or something. Right. But because we have strength in numbers and networking and the fact that we care so much, we can have such a big impact on things like fighting, uh, climate change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1888.0,1967.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah. That's awesome. You guys are definitely a force. Yeah. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e um, uh, I want to ask you about, um, so you talked about, you know, we've talked about environmental justice a lot. I wanted you to talk, uh, I wanted to ask you on TREEage's website, I saw that you guys say, uh, climate justice cannot exist without racial and social justice. Could you talk a little bit more about what that means to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1967.0,1993.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah, so obviously there's so many intersections, like I mentioned before, um, with environmental justice in so many other forms of oppression, because there's so many things working, um, and working at play here because it's not just, um, the environment that's affecting people. It's also the situation they were brought up in. Um, the race, they are the, um, the gender, they identify with everything plays a role in this. So for, in order for people to get environmental justice, there has to be social justice in order for them to really reap the benefits that environmental legislation will bring them because it's not just about, oh, am I breathe- breathing in clean air? It's how, like all of this can affect me better or have a better impact on me because I am more liberated.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=1993.0,2048.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right, right. Awesome. Thank you so much for that. Um, could you, you know, since we're, um, you know, we've been dealing with this for two years and it's ongoing, um, could you talk about how COVID-19 has affected environmental efforts, whether positively or negatively?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2048.0,2067.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, definitely. I remember a lot of it has become virtual now. Um, and a lot of it is still going to be virtual, which I think is really interesting. And, but this is all in different fields too. Like it's not just environmental activism. Like a lot of meetings have just been going online. So in fact, like I think, I think more people are joining the effort because it's so easy to join online. Um, I don't know how meaningful their, um, interactions might be, cuz honestly I can't measure it. I'm not asking people, um, what they're doing, um, while they're in the meeting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2067.0,2104.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2104.0,2104.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: But I think so many people are joining that there has to be more people that are, um, passionate about this work. And I think that's really important because even though COVID-19 had like drastic impacts on every single thing. Um, one thing I can say that it did was bring a lot more people together, even if it is virtually, cause a lot more people are inclined to part participating, especially if it's at the convenience of their fingertips.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2104.0,2134.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right. Definitely. Yeah. It's, it's made, um, everything more interconnected as when more people are meeting online and um, getting involved with things. Yeah. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e um, so just a few more questions I have for you. Um, uh, I wanted to ask you, um, what are some things that people can do now to create a better environment, uh, for their communities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2134.0,2157.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, I think there's a lot people can do. Um, for one thing I think getting involved in organizations like TREEage, um, can really help you don't have to be super, super involved where you're dedicating hours worth of your time every single day. Um, but joining a meeting or two, or participating in a phone bank every now and then can really help because honestly making an effort to lobby for candidates or, or policy. Um, it can really change the way that people live in your neighborhood and just throughout New York City, um, and doing things like that, small things, um, and making sure that a lot more people do it or like telling your friends to do it too. Um, just like join you in a phone bank can really help. Um, and if you don't have the capacity to just tell someone else to do it too, um, and that can really help. Um, yeah. And obviously like if you can find other ways, um, that isn't necessarily through environmental legislation, um, you can also find ways, like making sure you're participating in your community, um, and, or volunteering if you have time again, it's what, what it's, whatever you can, um, do with the time and capacity you have. Um, like I don't know, participating in a community garden can also help, but again, it depends on","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2157.0,2245.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Right. Yeah. There's a lot of ways to get involved. Um, you know, depending on what you wanna work on and you know, the organization, you know, if you wanna work locally or, you know, on a larger scale, uh, definitely. Um, besides TREEage, are there other organizations that you recommend learning about that are creating positive environmental efforts?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2245.0,2266.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Oh my God. There's tons. \u003claugh\u003e um, \u003claugh\u003e I can't, oh my God. Uh, there's tons. Um, there is one there's lots of groups there. It depends on the area you live in honestly because, um, there's one group. I'm sorry. Can I search it up really quickly?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2266.0,2284.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah, yeah, absolutely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2284.0,2285.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Okay. Yeah. Um, they're a really cool group. Um, this, I think they work with the intersection of, um, I think they're called LA Rosa [UPROSE]. I'm not sure, but they work with the intersection of being a Hispanic person in America and also, um, environ environmental justice. They're a really, really cool group. Um, I forgot what they were called, but yes. Um, besides that you also have, um, I know some people participate in FFNY or just, uh, phrase your future. Um, and that's, if you're more available for striking, that's really cool, um. Um, and that's okay. We can fight for, um, climate justice at your convenience. Um, we also have, um, I think it's called the Hudson River Coalition. Um, they do a lot of stuff just near the coast and making sure that, um, there is proper like legislation that keeps them protected. Uh, they also do like park cleanups. I'm pretty sure there's also Coastal Preservation Network for people, um, in Queens it's more for like College Point area, but they do a lot of cleanups. Um, if you're more into that, um, if you can like dedicate your time to just cleaning up, they, I think they also plant, um, trees, um, and there's like some mutual organizations, um, just throughout New York City. Um, there's one where they plant seed bombs. There's actually student coalition going around. Um, they're not called anything, but they plant seed bombs with, um, old math notes or like any old notes they have that makes they like go into the city and plant them. Um, so they're really cool. I don't think they have a name, but they're really cool.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2285.0,2405.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's awesome. All right, great. Yeah, it seems like, you know, there's, there's a ton of options, different areas of focus. So, you know, kind of whatever you're, uh, interested in. Um, I wanted to ask you, has your work with TREEage made you think about a future career, environmental activism or, um, you know, just something that you're, you wanna continue to be involved in?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2405.0,2429.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah. Um, either way I continue, I will continue being involved in it, um, because not only do I like love, love this community, um, but it's also because it it's very close to my heart. The issue is very close to my heart. And I feel like just because I'm also passionate about the other areas that it intersects with, it's never gonna be something that's apart from my life.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2429.0,2455.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2455.0,2455.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Um, but I definitely think I would pursue something in that field. Um, it's probably gonna be mixed with something else though. Only because I'm also passionate about like legislation in general. Um, public policy is a really big interest of mine and, um, urban studies too. So I might like mix some of that, um, with my passion for environmental policy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2455.0,2480.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: That's great. That's so exciting. Yeah. I mean, like you said, there's so much intersection, so, um, yeah. We know whatever you pursue it'll, it'll be involved somehow. That's wonderful. Um, okay. My last question for you, I wanted to ask you, uh, what are your hopes for the future regarding our environment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2480.0,2498.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2498.0,2498.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: It's a kind of broad question.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2498.0,2500.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: \u003claugh\u003e yeah. Um, what are my hopes? Um, I hope that we have, um, we have equity at least in any environmental pursuits that we make. So making sure that not just one, one community or one person just benefits off of, um, any, just environmental gain. So making sure that everyone has access to renewable energy is also really, really important to me and making sure that there aren't health disparities because of the environment. Those are really, really big hopes. I don't know if we can achieve them, but I really wanna work on that and make sure that it's going to happen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2500.0,2549.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Absolutely. I think those are like incredible goals. Um, I'm really, I love that it's, you know, the equitable access is something you're really focused on. Um, so thank you so much Prisha, um, I'm gonna end our interview, but if you could stay on for a few more minutes, um, we can do the, uh, post survey if you have time. Um, yeah, of course. But thank you so much for your time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2549.0,2570.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Prisha Rao: Yeah, no problem.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2570.0,2572.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235/transcript/39923/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Daniela Trapani: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2074/collection_resources/75135/file/161235#t=2572.0,2573.301"}]}]}]}