the non-profit organization planned to mobilize one thousand people to march across the continental united states in order to raise awareness and action on anthropogenic climate change. the march began march 1, 2014 in wilmington neighborhood in south los angeles, california, and ended on november 1, 2014 when marchers arrived in washington, d.c. along the route, participants engaged with the general public and elected officials in order to inspire society to address climate change. in the end, a core group of 34 people traveled the entire route from los angeles, california, to washington d.c., and five people walked every step from la to dc.