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Who Is Violet Affleck? Meet Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s Oldest Child and Climate Activist

Violet Affleck grew up in the spotlight as the eldest child of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, but she’s carving her own path outside of Hollywood.

Now an emerging voice in public health and climate activism, Violet has gained attention not for her red carpet appearances or reality TV cameos, but for speaking out on disability justice, environmental policy and pandemic preparedness. “I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room,” Violet wrote in the paper, adding that her mom was “shell-shocked” and “astonished at the scale of destruction,” and admitted that Jen’s reaction surprised her. But our bewildered response to crises like the L.A. fires tell us we may still be accustomed to addressing the climate crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic: as a question of how fast we can get back around to pretending like the problem is gone.”

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