<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please attend the following information about the Missoula Climate Strike, beginning Friday, September 20th. </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
9/19/2019                                                   
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Contact: Missoula Climate Strike Students</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://missoulaclimatestrike.org">missoulaclimatestrike.org</a>  </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:panic@missoulaclimatestrike.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">panic@missoulaclimatestrike.org</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Missoula University and High School Students Strike for Climate</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>Because adults won’t act, youth must</i></p>

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September 20^th – 27^th 2019 – Missoula students will
strike from schools as a part of the Global Climate Strike inspired by Swedish
climate activist, Greta Thunberg. The latest IPCC report states that unless,
“rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” take
place, youth face a turbulent and dire future. By striking from school,
students will send a clear message about the threat of climate change and
refuse to legitimize an education system that prepares students for a future
that will not exist. </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The strike
will begin on Friday, September 20^th with a youth-led climate rally
in Caras Park at 10:00 a.m. Continuing on Monday, September 23^rd,
the strikers will gather at the University of Montana for a week of education
events led by internationally recognized scholars, Western Montana ecologists, and
climate activists. These sessions will include lessons in climate science,
politics, economics, and the climate movement.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you
would like to conduct an interview with the students involved in the Missoula
Climate Strike, please contact us via email at <a href="mailto:panic@missoulaclimatestrike.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">panic@missoulaclimatestrike.org</a>
and we will work with you to set up a time. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">About Missoula Climate Strike:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> The leaders of Missoula Climate
Strike are students from the University of Montana, and Hellgate, Sentinel and
Big Sky High Schools. We are planning a week-long climate strike from school that
focuses on learning about the root causes of climate change so that we may
create an informed action plan for survival. </span></p></div>