The climate art installation on East Boston Greenway   FutureWaters|AguasFuturas is getting noticed by the most important section of the population it is meant for: our youth. One of them (Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement who lives in East Boston) was able to draw the attention of a member of the United States Congress with her picture to our climate vulnerability.

Varshini (from Sunrise Movement) tweeted her picture under the installation to Congresswoman-elect Ayanna Pressley, saying she would drown at this level of water, and asking Pressley to take a specific action. Here is the tweet and the response from Pressley.

Varshini’s tweet:

.⁦@AyannaPressley⁩ honored that you rep me in MA-07. This community installation shows how high waters will rise in East Boston in the coming yrs.

I would drown.

Can you back ⁦@Ocasio2018⁩ ⁦@justicedems⁩ & ⁦@sunrisemvmt⁩’s resolution for a #GreenNewDeal? pic.twitter.com/zpJM5RDOO6

— Varshini Prakash 🌅 (@VarshPrakash) November 17, 2018

Pressley’s response:

Yes! A #greennewdeal in my #apequityagenda #enviro plan. I ran to address disparate outcomes in #MA7 #greenjustice is high on my list. I plan to fight for equitable investment in #resilience #mitigation esp those places most vulnerable to sea level rise ie #EastBoston con't https://t.co/n25UOv3HLi

— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) November 17, 2018

One BLA student asked several critical questions about the  installation:

• Where did we get the data?
• How much of the anticipated level is due to storm surge vs. high tide vs. sea level rise?
• Given that, how bad would it be without the storm surge?

(We will be posting the details in an FAQ.)

Incidentally, through his questions, he helped us realize our problems will grow more and more significant even without the storm surge, merely from the sea level rise and high tide.