Michelle (Mitch) joined Extinction Rebellion (XR) in mid 2019.
Following training in Non Violent Direct Action (NVDA), she joined in the October 2019 London Rebellion. Due to Covid, the planned Spring Rebellion in 2020 was postponed, but XR were back on the streets of London for another Rebellion in September 2020.
Mitch is an active rebel in her local group XR Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire.
She sees the activism of XR essential in keeping pressure on government both locally and nationally, to act with urgency, having declared a Climate Emergency.