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1 day ago · By contrast, the role of an activist is to inspire the public. To create narratives, bring wider public awareness, and initiate public discourses. To shed light on issues that people are not aware of, or don’t want to talk about. Activists organize to build power by amplifying the voices and advocating for a focused, narrow range of issues.
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17 hours ago · Fueled by her recent learning about the African American people and the Constitution in school, Colvin remained seated and was arrested. Her case eventually landed in the Supreme Court. Parks and Colvin met through the NAACP Youth Council and 42-year-old Parks was inspired to the same bravery.
5 days ago · Malala Yousafzai (born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan) is a Pakistani activist who, while a teenager, spoke out publicly against the prohibition on the education of girls that was imposed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban).
- Malala Yousafzai initially became famous for her childhood activism against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP’s) restrictions on education for g...
- After her school was closed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Malala Yousafzai and her family fled the region. In Peshawar at age 11 she gave...
- For her work in drawing global attention to the threat to girls’ education in Pakistan, in 2014 at age 17 Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobe...
- Malala Yousafzai attended Khushal Girls High School and College in Mingora, Pakistan, until it was closed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). S...
2 days ago · The ‘activist’ court. Date: 14 October 2024. To state my pretentions in the manner of everyone’s favourite gladiator, Maximus Decimus Meridius, I am a family barrister of over 20 years’ experience, I am (perhaps) a descendant of those who dwelt in the green woods of medieval England, I am an admirer of James Lovelock, an adherent of the ...
5 days ago · The communities that these activist networks offered were safe havens for Black people in both the UK and US at a time when racist discrimination was at a high. The UK Brixton Uprising and the Detroit Uprising. In the 80s, racial tensions in the UK were at an all time high, Black British activism within inner cities were divided.
17 hours ago · Some people have opposed feminism on the grounds that they believe it is contrary to traditional values or religious beliefs. Some anti-feminists argue, for example, that social acceptance of divorce and non-married women is wrong and harmful, and that men and women are fundamentally different and thus their different traditional roles in society should be maintained.
