# @michigandaily on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXA4YjM9Re
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3143699-michigandaily-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-13T15:00:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Michigan Daily (@michigandaily) — https://gondola.cc/michigandaily

## Caption

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Rackham Auditorium Thursday afternoon for a conversation on the state of climate policy, student activism and environmental justice in Ann Arbor and nationwide. Over 500 students, faculty and community members gathered to hear from Harris and other local, state and federal elected officials. 

LSA junior Lashaun Jackson, co-president of the Student Sustainability Coalition, began the event by speaking on the opportunities for U-M students to lead sustainability initiatives both within the University and the nation as a whole.

“Unlike those who will give speeches in a minute, we, as students, actually get to roll up our sleeves and do the work right here on campus,” Jackson said. “Literally sticking our hands in the ground of the Campus Farm, growing food for each other and distributing it at the Maize & Blue Cupboard, using our collective voice at Board of Regents meetings just for our sustainable leadership, connecting with our surrounding communities in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Detroit to help support their own sustainable paths.”

In an interview with The Michigan Daily after the event, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan governor, said she and Harris made the trip to Ann Arbor due to Michigan’s influence in the automotive industry and the prevalence of climate activism on the University of Michigan’s campus.

“Michigan is the center of the transportation universe — people here have it as part of their DNA,” Granholm said. “We want to electrify the transportation system. If you’re going to reduce CO2, 30% of carbon pollution comes from transportation.”

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The Michigan Daily | @michigandaily | https://gondola.cc/michigandaily | Newspaper |
| Kate Hua | @katehua24 | https://gondola.cc/katehua24 | Photographer |

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