English majors took part in a global student activist movement for the second time this semester when Corina Scott, Alex Forgione, and Molly Bonini led their peers in a "Fridays for Future" demonstration Friday April 12 at the Oreo.
Inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg's example, the students gathered to follow up on their March 15 walkout and march, when they demanded that Villanova do more to fight climate change. They have asked the administration to move the university's carbon neutral date from 2050 to 2030 and to enter into a power purchase agreement for renewable energy by 2020.
The students covered the Oreo with an image of the earth that displayed their hashtag, #SustainNova, distributed water bottles, and made videos of Villanovans saying why sustainability is important. They plan to compile the interviews into a video to send to Fr. Peter Donohue.
Pictured below are Corina Scott (English major) and Yvonne Nguyen (Peace and Justice major), with Alex Forgione (English major) in the background to the left.
