First Fire Drill Friday Protest in California

Jane Fonda hugs an activist leaving the scene of a sit-in protest where they risked arrest inside the Paul Hastings Tower lobby, as Executive Director of Greenpeace, USA Annie Leonard (L) also exits the building after demonstrating, after a Fire Drill Friday rally on February 7 in Los Angeles, California. The Fire Drill Friday rallies and protest organized by activist and actor Jane Fonda move from Washington to California. The first California Fire Drill Friday speakers included:
-Gloria Arellanes, a member of the Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribe;
-Alicia Rivera, a community organizer with communities for a better environment;
-Cesar Aguirre, a community organizer in Kern County, with Central California Environmental Justice Network;
-Kevin Patel, a youth climate activist and Founder and ED of OneUpAction;
-Spoken Word Poetry Performance by ÔGet Lito, an award-winning youth poetry troupe based in LA;
-Don Martin, South LA resident who lives right next to a drill site who has lost family members to cancer;
-Nalleli Cobo - A young environmental justice activist who has been using the power of her voice and the trauma of her lived experience to fight against a powerful polluter.
Others helping with introductions and adding their support are: Norman Lear, Piper Perabo, Bonnie Wright, Amber Valletta, Rainn Wilson,
Brooklyn Decker, Rosanna Arquette, Joaquin Phoenix, June Diane Raphael, Paul Scheer and Catherine Keener.