&w=780&resize=780,470&ssl=1 "Violet Affleck had a strong discussion with his mother, Jennifer Garner")
The days when Violet Affleck She was a girl who walked from her parents’s hand has been left behind. The eldest daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner He is working his own way, because ten months ago he began his higher studies at the prestigious University of Yale. The young woman, who apparently is not interested in following the footsteps of her parents, surprised many recently with a revelation about her family circle, specifically about a strong discussion she had with her mother.
© Getty ImagesIt was not through the social networks that Violet talked about what happened, because it is unknown if it has active accounts, but through Yale magazine Global Health Review. In an essay published in that medium on May 18, the 19 -year -old shared the experience he lived with her family by fleeing the devastating forest fires that swept some areas of southern California in January.
In his text, which he titled A chronically ill land: the organization against Covid as a climate response model in Los AngelesViolet talked about the discussion he had with Jennifer after being forced with her family to leave the house. “I spent January’s fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room”he said. “She remained in shock, amazed by the magnitude of the destruction in the neighborhood where my brothers and I grew up,” he added.
© X17/The Grosby Group“I was surprised by his surprise: as a lifetime angel and member of generation Z with knowledge of the weather, my question had not been if Palisades would burn, but when”Violet continued, mentioning one of the areas most affected by fire. “However, while chatting with the adults at the hotel we had gone to escape from smoke, I discovered that my position was uncommon: people talked about how long the reconstruction would take, how much it would cost and the tragically strange thing that the whole situation had been,” he shared. In turn, he revealed that his younger brother, SamuelI did not understand very well the connection between climate change and the winds that fueled the fires. “I hope most of us understand the climate crisis better than my little brother”he said.
© X17/The Grosby GroupIn her essay, the young woman explained how the climatic crisis is being “driven by unsustainable consumption patterns between the richest citizens of the richest countries, all of which have already subjected most of this country and the world at mortal temperatures, fire and flood cycles, increased sea level and crop death.”
© GC ImagesViolet Affleck and his activist work
The climatic crisis is not the only cause in which Violet has shown interest, because in July last year he spoke regarding a health issue before the Los Angeles County Supervisors Board. The young woman spoke of the importance of implementing the use of masks to protect the population after the Covid-19 pandemic. “Reviral disease in 2019”he revealed in his speech. “Now I am fine, but I saw first hand that medicine does not always have answers for the consequences, not even mild viruses. The Covid-19 pandemic has put this even more manifest,” added the young woman, who is often captured using a mask.
© GC Images“To face the prolonged Covid crisis, the availability of masks, air filtration and ultraviolet light distant in government facilities in government facilities in government facilitiesincluding prisons and detention centers, and the mandatory use of masks in the county medical centers, “he continued.” They do not keep us safer, make the vulnerable members of our community less safe and make everyone less able to participate together in Los Angeles, “he added.
