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A group of 51Ʒ��students traveled to New York City, Sunday, September 21, 2014, to participate in the , the largest climate demonstration in history. The march attracted more than 310,000 activists who walked a route through Manhattan to demonstrate their support for a world safe from climate change.

The 48 51Ʒ��students marched in the “We Can Build the Future“ section, along with 50,000 students from 320 other colleges and universities, including Bates, Bowdoin, Yale, Vassar, Amherst, Princeton and Swarthmore.

​ "I got to be part of history," said Victoria Sanchez '17. "The march allowed me to talk to so many people and get different viewpoints on environmental issues."

The march was organized to send a strong message to the world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Summit on September 23 that it's time for them to attend more seriously to the realities of climate change.

Christopher Watt, a senior double majoring in Biology and Environmental Science, helped organize the 51Ʒ��trip. The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club subsidized the bus so that students could afford the trip. Four faculty members from the Environmental Studies Department accompanied the students. 

Cody Duckworth, a second-year student, commented that the day was “liberating and intensely inspiring in the most peaceful way possible.” 

“I was amazed and delighted at the diversity of people who were at the march,” said Sarah Cowles '15. “There were clearly people of all different races, walks of life, and backgrounds. It was such a powerful event to be part of, and I'm so glad that I was able to attend.”