Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change, or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society and to correct social injustice. Forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or to politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, and hunger strikes. One can also express activism through different forms of art. Daily acts of protest such as not buying clothes from a certain clothing company because they ...more

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Love in Exile
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Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
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The Hate U Give
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
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Howard Zinn
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.
Howard Zinn

Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

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