Around 400 students aged four to 12, teachers and parents from UCLA Lab School protested against climate change in Dickson Plaza on Tuesday.
UCLA Lab School, an institution serving students pre-K through sixth grade, organized the rally as part of its annual Creek Week – a period where students engage in environmental activism to honor and maintain the Stone Canyon Creek, which runs through the UCLA campus.
In the Spring 2025 edition of Rethinking Schools magazine, UCLA Lab School Demonstration Teachers Cristina Paul, Olivia Lozano, and Nancy Villalta write about the experiences asking students: What does change mean? What does it mean to have power? What does it mean to be a changemaker?