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Elias and his mother Jessica were also part of the crowd - he had received homework help directly from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as part of the Homework Helpers programme she launched to help children with their school work during the pandemic. Earth Day celebration in Astoria Park, Queens, New York on Saturday 24 April. (Photo: An Wentzel)
At an Earth Day event in Astoria Park in Queens, New York, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks about solving affordable housing, jobs, transport and healthcare as part of the solution in solving the climate crisis. Saturday 24 April 2021. (Photo: An Wentzel)
Green New Deal supporters wait patiently, one of the crowd reads a Zadie Smith novel to pass the time before Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives at an Earth Day celebration in Queens, New York. (Photo: An Wentzel)
Supporters of the Green New Deal wait for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to arrive to address them at a family day celebration of Earth Day in Astoria Park in Queens, New York, near the Robert F Kennedy Bridge. (Saturday 24 April, Astoria Park, Queens, New York. (Photo: An Wentzel)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez meets supporters and children after speaking at an Earth Day celebration in Astoria Park in Queens, New York on Saturday 24 April. (Photo: An Wentzel)