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Jamie Margolin

Jamie Margolin is a Colombian-American climate activist and organizer who co-founded Zero Hour, a youth-led group focused on climate justice and policy advocacy.^[1]^[2] At age 15, she co-organized the 2018 U.S. Youth Climate March in Washington, D.C., and coordinated similar events in more than 25 cities, mobilizing thousands of participants to demand government action on emissions reductions and environmental protections.^[3]^[4] Margolin has pursued litigation against state governments, including a 2019 lawsuit filed on behalf of youth plaintiffs against Washington state, alleging violations of constitutional rights due to inadequate climate policies.^[5] Beyond organizing, she works as an author, filmmaker, and public speaker, with Zero Hour expanding to over 200 chapters worldwide, though the movement's impact on tangible policy outcomes remains subject to debate amid broader skepticism toward youth-led climate campaigns' emphasis on urgency over empirical cost-benefit analysis.^[6]^[7] Her advocacy intersects with social justice themes, including LGBTQ+ issues, reflecting a holistic approach that links environmental policy to equity concerns, despite criticisms from some quarters questioning the causal linkages between climate measures and disparate impact mitigation.^[8]^[9]

Early Life and Background

Family and Heritage

Jamie Margolin is the daughter of Janeth, a Colombian immigrant, and Mark Margolin, an Ashkenazi Jewish American engineer.^[7] ^[8] Her mother's lineage carries mestizo heritage, blending Spanish colonial ancestry with Indigenous Colombian roots, as evidenced by family surnames Mendez and Rojas.^[10] On her paternal side, Margolin descends from Ashkenazi Jews, with the surname Margolin originating from Eastern European Jewish communities.^[11] As the offspring of a Colombian immigrant mother, she represents a first-generation American with intertwined Latin American and Jewish ethnic identities.^[11] ^[12]

Upbringing in Seattle

Jamie Margolin was born on December 10, 2001, in Valencia, California, and raised in Seattle, Washington.^[8] As an only child, she maintained a close relationship with her parents, Mark Margolin, an engineer, and Janeth Margolin, an employee at a food bank.^[7] Her mother is Colombian of mestizo heritage, blending Spanish and Indigenous ancestry, while her father is Ashkenazi Jewish.^[8]^[10] Seattle's urban environment, characterized by progressive local politics and access to natural surroundings like Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains, shaped Margolin's early years. The city has long hosted environmental advocacy groups and policies emphasizing sustainability, such as early adoption of renewable energy incentives. Growing up in this setting, Margolin recalled climate change as a persistent reality from childhood, akin to post-9/11 security measures, rather than a novel threat.^[13] By early adolescence, around age 14 in 2016, Margolin's environmental awareness intensified amid broader political shifts, including the U.S. presidential election, which eroded her prior sense of insulation from global issues. This period marked a transition from passive familiarity to heightened personal concern, though specific family discussions on the topic remain undocumented in primary accounts.^[14]^[7]

Education

High School Years

Jamie Margolin attended Holy Names Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school in Seattle, Washington, from 2016 to 2020.^[15]^[16] During her high school years in the mid-2010s, she balanced academic studies with growing awareness of environmental issues, particularly climate change.^[16]^[17] In her freshman year around 2016, at age 14, Margolin first engaged with activism, including volunteering at Seattle's Democratic headquarters, which sparked her broader interest in public engagement.^[18]^[19] She began focusing on climate-related concerns amid reports of global disasters and scientific data, marking the onset of her public profile on these topics.^[20]^[19] By her sophomore year in 2018, at age 16, her private worries about environmental degradation evolved toward structured responses, though she continued prioritizing her education amid increasing commitments.^[21]^[17] In her senior year of 2019–2020, she occasionally missed classes for related activities, yet graduated on schedule.^[17]^[16]

University Studies

Margolin enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in fall 2020 as a freshman majoring in film and television.^[9] She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2024, with coursework centered on filmmaking, animation, and media production techniques.^[15]^[22]^[23] Her studies at the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television provided training in narrative development, visual storytelling, and production skills applicable to documentary and advocacy media projects.^[15] Following her high school recognition in 2018, Margolin maintained a focus on academic completion amid external engagements, graduating on schedule in the class of 2024.^[22]^[23]

Climate Activism

Founding of Zero Hour (2017–2018)

In the summer of 2017, Jamie Margolin, then a 15-year-old high school student from Seattle, co-founded Zero Hour alongside fellow teenagers Nadia Nazar, Madelaine Tew, and Zanagee Artis. Driven by exasperation over the limited progress in adult-led climate initiatives and the marginalization of youth perspectives in policy discussions, Margolin began with individual advocacy efforts before recruiting her co-founders to establish a dedicated youth-driven organization.^[24] ^[25] ^[26] The group's formation reflected a deliberate shift toward youth autonomy in climate activism, with the name "Zero Hour" chosen to underscore the critical window for averting irreversible environmental damage through immediate, collective action. From the outset, Zero Hour incorporated an intersectional framework, explicitly connecting climate impacts to social justice concerns including racial inequities, LGBTQ+ rights, and economic disparities affecting marginalized communities.^[1] ^[27] By early 2018, the nascent organization prioritized planning a national demonstration, culminating in the Youth Climate March on Washington, D.C., held on July 21, 2018, which served as its public launch and drew hundreds of young participants advocating for fossil fuel divestment and robust emissions reductions. This event solidified Zero Hour's operational structure, transitioning from informal collaboration among founders to coordinated logistics for multi-city satellite actions.^[28] ^[29]

Legal Actions and Lawsuits

In February 2018, Jamie Margolin, then 16 years old, joined 12 other youth plaintiffs in filing Aji P. et al. v. State of Washington in King County Superior Court, represented by Our Children's Trust. ^[30] The suit alleged that the state government, including Governor Jay Inslee and various agencies, violated the plaintiffs' rights under Article I, sections 1 (protecting life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness), section 3 (equal protection), and Article IX, section 1 (right to education) of the Washington State Constitution, as well as the public trust doctrine, by producing substantial greenhouse gas emissions and failing to enact sufficient policies to stabilize the climate, thereby endangering current and future generations.^[31] ^[32] The plaintiffs sought declaratory relief affirming these constitutional violations and an order requiring the state to develop a science-based plan to reduce emissions consistent with stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide at no more than 350 parts per million, drawing on frameworks from similar youth-led cases like Juliana v. United States.^[21] ^[32] In October 2018, the Superior Court granted the state's motion to dismiss, ruling that the claims presented nonjusticiable political questions intruding on the separation of powers.^[31] Margolin and the other plaintiffs appealed to the Washington Court of Appeals, Division I, which in February 2021 affirmed the dismissal in a published opinion, holding that adjudicating the claims would require courts to dictate specific policy remedies, violating separation of powers, and that the state already possessed mechanisms like the Growth Management Act to address environmental concerns.^[32] ^[33] The Washington Supreme Court denied review in a 7-2 decision later that year, effectively ending the litigation without substantive judicial enforcement of the plaintiffs' demands.^[34] Margolin has cited the Juliana v. United States federal case—filed in 2015 by 21 youth plaintiffs alleging U.S. government violations of due process, equal protection, and public trust rights through climate inaction—as an influential parallel effort, though she was not a named plaintiff in that suit, which itself faced repeated procedural dismissals and remands, including by the Ninth Circuit in 2020 on standing grounds.^[21] ^[14]

Marches, Protests, and Advocacy Campaigns

On July 21, 2018, Margolin co-organized the Youth Climate March in Washington, D.C., as part of Zero Hour's launch, where hundreds of young activists gathered to demand urgent policy responses to climate change, including politicians rejecting fossil fuel industry contributions and prioritizing environmental justice.^[13] ^[35] The event proceeded amid rainy conditions, amplifying calls for a safe future and highlighting youth-led mobilization against inaction.^[13] Concurrently, similar protests unfolded in multiple U.S. cities and internationally over three days, framing climate change as a survival issue.^[36] ^[28] Following the 2018 march, Margolin and Zero Hour sustained advocacy through additional public actions, including participation in the global climate strikes on September 20, 2019, where thousands of students worldwide, including Margolin, protested to link climate crisis resolution with addressing systemic oppression.^[37] Zero Hour's efforts encompassed organizing rallies, strikes, summits, and lobby days, such as the 2019 Youth Climate Lobby Day, to press for legislative accountability.^[38] In 2019, the group launched the "Getting to the Roots of Climate Change" campaign, training over 600 youth organizers to integrate environmental demands with broader justice tactics in public demonstrations.^[39] Margolin contributed to international youth coordination by co-founding an international arm of Zero Hour, facilitating cross-border advocacy and speeches at events like the 2019 Sun Valley Forum to rally global youth power.^[40] ^[41] By the early 2020s, her activism incorporated media production as a film student, using visual storytelling to support campaign outreach, though primary tactics remained direct public protests and educational rallies.^[15] ^[3] Zero Hour continued these efforts into 2023 and beyond, maintaining pressure through youth-led events amid ongoing policy debates.^[26]^[2]

Impact, Reception, and Criticisms

Achievements and Policy Influence

Zero Hour, co-founded by Margolin in 2017, grew from a local initiative in Seattle to a national organization capable of coordinating the Youth Climate March on July 21, 2018, across 25 U.S. cities, mobilizing thousands of young participants to demand climate action.^[42] This event marked an early expansion of youth-led climate advocacy, with Zero Hour subsequently partnering in broader coalitions such as Future Coalition, which unites groups like Earth Guardians and Fridays for Future USA to amplify youth voices in policy discussions.^[43] Margolin provided testimony before the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on September 18, 2019, emphasizing the urgency of climate justice and the impacts on youth, contributing to congressional records on global climate challenges.^[39] ^[44] Her advocacy extended internationally, including addresses before the European Parliament, where she highlighted systemic failures in climate policy.^[45] Through media platforms, Margolin amplified Zero Hour's message, authoring an op-ed in The New York Times on September 20, 2019, linking climate strikes to broader justice issues and reaching a wide audience.^[37] Zero Hour's framework has been credited with resonating among Generation Z activists, inspiring elements of subsequent youth movements focused on intersectional climate strategies.^[46]

Evaluations of Effectiveness

Assessments of Zero Hour's effectiveness reveal limited direct influence on policy outcomes or measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Despite organizing national marches and advocacy campaigns starting in 2018, no specific federal or state policies have been verifiably enacted as a direct result of the organization's efforts.^[26]^[47] Youth-led initiatives like Zero Hour have contributed to heightened public awareness, but empirical analyses of similar movements, such as Fridays for Future, indicate primarily procedural changes in local policymaking rather than substantive emission cuts or legislative overhauls.^[48] U.S. greenhouse gas emissions trends post-2018 underscore this gap between activism and outcomes. Total emissions stood at approximately 6,343 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents in 2022, reflecting a modest long-term decline from 2005 peaks but with fluctuations including a 5.7% rebound from 2020 to 2022 driven by post-pandemic economic recovery.^[49] Primary drivers of reductions since 2010 include the shift from coal to natural gas in electricity generation, improved energy efficiency, and renewables deployment due to cost declines, rather than mobilization efforts.^[50] Correlation between youth protests and emission patterns exists temporally, but causal attribution to activism lacks support, as market and technological factors predominate.^[51] Comparisons to established adult-led environmental groups highlight youth movements' novelty in rapid mobilization but question long-term scalability. Organizations like the Sierra Club have secured tangible policy wins over decades through sustained lobbying, whereas youth efforts often emphasize symbolic actions with waning participation post-initial surges.^[52] Zero Hour's focus on intersectional justice has broadened discourse but not demonstrably accelerated decarbonization beyond economic baselines, suggesting supplementary rather than pivotal roles in causal chains of change.^[53]

Controversies and Critiques

Margolin participated as a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States, a 2015 lawsuit alleging government violation of youth plaintiffs' constitutional rights through fossil fuel promotion and failure to curb emissions, but the case was dismissed by the U.S. District Court in 2017 and affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2020 for lack of Article III standing, as judicial remedies could not redress diffuse climate harms without encroaching on executive functions.^[54] The government argued the claims invoked the political question doctrine, committing resolution to Congress and the President rather than courts, a position echoed in subsequent Supreme Court denial of certiorari in March 2025.^[55] Legal commentators have critiqued such suits as attempts at judicial policymaking, bypassing democratic processes where causation between specific policies and individualized harms remains empirically unproven and remedies would require unprecedented court oversight of energy and emissions decisions.^[56] Zero Hour's advocacy, under Margolin's leadership, has emphasized catastrophic narratives of climate collapse, prompting critiques that this "doomerism" overlooks evidence of adaptation, innovation, and emission declines driven by market shifts like natural gas replacing coal via hydraulic fracturing, which cut U.S. power sector CO2 emissions by up to 50% since 2005.^[57]^[58] Analysts argue such framing ignores pragmatic low-carbon options, including nuclear power's capacity for baseload electricity without intermittency issues plaguing renewables, potentially hindering broader support for feasible transitions.^[59]^[58] Margolin's integration of intersectional frameworks—linking climate action to systemic oppressions like racism and patriarchy—has raised concerns among some observers that prioritizing identity politics dilutes focus on verifiable geophysical data and technical solutions, risking alienation of stakeholders favoring evidence-based pragmatism over expansive social narratives.^[58] These critiques, often from energy realists skeptical of alarmist consensus amplified in academia and media, highlight potential trade-offs in movement cohesion and policy viability.^[58]

Personal Life and Identity

Sexual Orientation and Intersectional Activism

Margolin publicly identifies as a lesbian, having come out to her parents around 2018 while emerging as a climate activist.^[60] She has also described herself as queer in discussions of her advocacy, emphasizing the need for queer representation in media and environmental movements.^[61] Her Colombian-American and Ashkenazi Jewish heritage further shapes her self-presentation as a first-generation American from marginalized backgrounds, which she cites as motivating her focus on amplifying underrepresented voices in climate discourse.^[11] ^[8] In her activism, Margolin frames climate justice as inherently intersectional, arguing that environmental degradation exacerbates vulnerabilities for LGBTQ individuals through indirect effects such as displacement from disasters and strained community resources.^[9] She has advocated for the inclusion of queer and trans perspectives in climate strategies, positing that these groups face disproportionate socio-economic barriers that compound climate risks, though such claims often rely on broader vulnerability assessments rather than group-specific empirical metrics.^[62] ^[63] Through Zero Hour, her organization explicitly prioritizes outreach to queer, trans, and other marginalized identities, integrating these into campaign narratives on equitable policy responses.^[1] Margolin has linked her personal experiences navigating multiple identities— including as a Latina Jewish lesbian—to a narrative of resilience that fuels her advocacy, stating that such complexities have honed her commitment to justice for overlapping oppressions.^[18] This intersectional lens positions her work as a counter to mainstream environmentalism, which she critiques for insufficient attention to identity-based disparities, though critics note that causal links between sexual orientation and unique climate harms remain under-substantiated by direct data.^[64]

Current Residence and Professional Pursuits

Following her graduation from New York University Tisch School of the Arts Film & TV program in 2024, Jamie Margolin has retained strong ties to Seattle—longtime headquarters of Zero Hour—while engaging in professional activities that span locations, including New York and beyond.^[23]^[15] By mid-2025, Margolin's primary pursuits have shifted toward filmmaking and animation production, highlighted by her founding and directorship of Pelea Animation, an independent studio specializing in hand-drawn 2D animated shorts that address social and environmental themes.^[65]^[15] At Pelea, she has developed projects such as the short film Pelea, centered on resistance to colonialism and resource extraction in South America, a concept originating from her ideas as early as 2020 but advanced post-graduation.^[66]^[67] Margolin continues public speaking as a keynote presenter, focusing on youth empowerment, climate strategies, and creative storytelling, with availability for engagements listed through agencies as of June 2025.^[23] This work complements her animation efforts, allowing her to integrate advocacy themes into media without full-time organizational leadership at Zero Hour.^[68] No verified public records detail family expansions or relocations altering her professional base as of October 2025.

Awards, Honors, and Publications

Recognitions Received

In 2018, Margolin was selected for Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 list, which highlights young women and femmes driving social change through activism and leadership.^[69] That same year, People magazine included her among its 25 Women Changing the World, acknowledging her role in mobilizing youth for climate action via Zero Hour.^[70] In 2019, she received the MTV Europe Music Awards' Generation Change award, presented to emerging activists under 25 for global impact on social issues.^[71] Margolin was named to GLAAD's inaugural 20 Under 20 list in 2020, recognizing LGBTQ+ youth under 20 for advancing visibility and advocacy in media and society.^[72] She also appeared on Dazed magazine's 100 list that year, featuring influential figures under 25 shaping culture, politics, and activism.^[11] Additionally, Out magazine honored her in its 2020 OUT100, an annual compilation of 100 LGBTQ+ individuals making notable contributions.^[24] In 2021, she was designated a NowThis Next honoree, spotlighting emerging digital and social influencers driving conversations on key issues.^[15] These selections reflect her early prominence in youth-led environmental and intersectional advocacy, often tied to invitations for high-profile speaking engagements at events like climate summits and media forums, though specific fees remain undisclosed in public records.^[23]

Bibliography and Media Contributions

Margolin authored Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It, published in February 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, which outlines practical strategies for youth activism, including pitching op-eds, organizing protests, and building coalitions. The book draws from her experiences founding Zero Hour and emphasizes intersectional approaches to issues like climate justice. She contributed to the 2022 anthology Drawn to Change the World: 16 Youth Climate Activists, 16 Artists, featuring profiles of young activists illustrated by artists, where her work highlights personal narratives of climate organizing.^[73] Margolin has published several op-eds and essays on climate activism. In August 2018, she wrote "Why I Am A 16-Year-Old Climate Activist" for Refinery29, detailing the origins of Zero Hour amid policy rollbacks.^[21] For The Guardian in July 2019, she penned "We were already over 350ppm when I was born," arguing for justice-focused responses to atmospheric CO2 levels exceeding safe thresholds during her lifetime.^[74] In September 2019, her New York Times opinion piece "I'm Not Only Striking for the Climate" linked youth strikes to broader social inequities beyond environmental concerns.^[37] In media production, Margolin founded the independent animation studio PELEA and serves as writer and director for its debut short film Pelea, a 2D animated work in development as of 2025 that explores resistance to colonialism and resource extraction in South America, incorporating queer Latinx perspectives and climate themes.^[75] This project stems from her NYU Tisch School of the Arts training in film and television, completed in 2024.^[15]

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Why Climate Alarmism Hurts Us All - Forbes
Dec 4, 2019 · Climate alarmism may be contributing to rising anxiety and depression among teenagers. (From left to right: Girl from Extinction Rebellion ...
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Is Nuclear Power Our Best Bet Against Climate Change?
Oct 12, 2021 · One of the main benefits of nuclear energy, of course, is that nuclear power plants themselves do not emit carbon or fine particulates. The ...
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Across America, Activists Work at the Confluence of LGBTQ Rights ...
Jul 2, 2020 · When Jamie Margolin came out as lesbian to her parents two years ago, she was also in the process of coming out to the world as a powerful ...Missing: orientation | Show results with:orientation
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Queer teen activist fights for climate justice and LGBTQ inclusion
Jun 23, 2020 · GLAAD “20 Under 20” honoree Jamie Margolin shares how she became a leading youth voice in climate justice and how she advocates for LGBTQ representation in the ...Missing: sexual orientation
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Activism 101 for Teenagers (and Those Who Love Them) - Sierra Club
Jul 20, 2020 · Margolin, who is Colombian American and a lesbian, fights for LGBTQ rights as well as climate justice, championing intersectionality between ...<|separator|>
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Jamie Margolin - Human Rights Lab - Albion College
She is co-founder of the youth climate organization Zero Hour which fights for all individuals in all communities to have access to clean air, water and public ...Missing: achievements | Show results with:achievements
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Climate activist Jamie Margolin talks intersectionality, future goals ...
Mar 21, 2021 · Margolin stressed her belief that almost any field of study can be incorporated into the climate justice movement, citing herself as an example ...Missing: critiques | Show results with:critiques
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@peleaanimation — an indie animation studio I founded ... - Facebook
Jul 5, 2025 · At Pelea Animation, we merge creativity with purpose, using hand-drawn 2D animation to shed light on urgent social and environmental issues. By ...
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Pelea (Short) - IMDb
Pelea: Directed by Jamie Sarai Margolin ... Pelea Animation. Language. English · See more company credits at IMDbPro · Tech ...
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Climate Reality - Facebook
Sep 30, 2025 · Jamie Margolin of This Is Zero Hour is right. There's no waiting our way out of the climate crisis. We build hope when we #ActOnClimate through ...Missing: activities | Show results with:activities
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21 Under 21: Jamie Margolin Knows Climate Justice is the Key to All ...
Nov 5, 2018 · Jamie Margolin is part of Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 class of 2018, which spotlights extraordinary young women, girls, and femmes making waves ...
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Meet PEOPLE's 25 Women Changing the World of 2018
Nov 2, 2018 · Meet PEOPLE's 25 Women Changing the World of 2018. From moms demanding action to friends uniting for change, meet the new wave of inspiring activists.
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Jamie Margolin - Art Sphere Inc.
Name: Jamie Margolin ; Born: December 10, 2001 ; From: Washington, USA ; Pronouns: She/her ; Interesting Facts: Jamie is going to school to study Film and TV, to ...
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GLAAD's First Annual 20 Under 20
Meet the 2020 20 Under 20 List Honorees ; Ian Alexander, he/him, 19. Actor ; Jamie Margolin, she/her, 18. Activist/Author ; Jazz Jennings, she/her, 19. Activist/ ...
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Jamie Margolin - Hubbard Memorial Library
Jamie Margolin · 1) Drawn to change the world: 16 youth climate activists, 16 artists · 2) Youth to power: your voice and how to use it.
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We were already over 350ppm when I was born | Jamie Margolin
Jul 12, 2019 · Issues of justice – economic justice, racial justice, gender justice and intergenerational justice – lie at the heart of this crisis, and these ...Missing: controversies | Show results with:controversies
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Cultivating the Future: ECOVISION Summit 2025 - LALA
She is the creator, writer, and director of “Pelea,” the debut project of her animation studio, “Pelea Animation,” an independent animated short film about ...