On Friday April 22, San Franciscans gathered behind youth leaders leading the charge to demand action on the climate crisis as they marched, letting city hall and downtown know. Photographer Benjamin Fanjoy was on the scene for El Tecolote.

Hundreds of students and dozens of environmental activists marched on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.
Mason Garth rallies a crowd of students and environmental activists on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.
Samantha Moir marches on Earth Day with hundreds of other students demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.
Chassity Gantt (C) marches along with hundreds of students on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.
Logan Gonzaoez (C) and Kevin Truong (R) hold a sign at a march on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.
Tommaso Boggia holds a sign saying “Thank You!” on his bicycle at a march on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice.
Young children look down at a group of hundreds of students and dozens of environmental activists marching on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.

A man looks out of a window at a crowd of hundreds of students and dozens of environmental activists marching on Earth Day demanding a response to climate change and advocating environmental justice in San Francisco.