“We Want to Make Sure That We Leave the World Better Than It Is Now.”

Photo caption: Third Act organizers in Boston in 2021. Photo credit: Third Act. Article by Danielle Renwick. Nexus Media News – July 26, 2022.

In February 2020, professor Sheldon Pollock, 74, was recently widowed, approaching retirement from his tenured position at Columbia University and thinking about what would come next for him. His granddaughter Elea, a high-schooler in San Diego at the time, was helping to organize a school walkout as part of the climate movement Fridays for the Future. Pollock, who had come of age in the 1960s and protested against the war in Vietnam, had long donated to environmental organizations like 350.org, but Elea’s activism inspired him to do more. […]

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