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    TEEN ACTIVISM A teen activist is trying to change the world, but have you ever thought how they get their message out. Alex Lin was one teen activist who saw a problem in e-waste.He was reading an article from the wall street journal, and he saw that there was an e-waste tsunami to come. In the article, it said that Americans discarded more than 112,000 computers daily, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.Even worse, just 18 percent of discarded televisions and computer products were

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    On Saturday, April 15, protesters gathered in Washington DC in opposition of the IMF and World Bank. The two institutions were to have their spring meeting this weekend and the approximately ten thousand protesters, whose main point is the elimination of poverty, paraded down the streets of DC The protesters feel that what the IMF and World Bank do not see the short term effects of their proposals for economic growth, which include unemployment and increased poverty. The protesters feel that the

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    16 Days of Activism is a campaign that opposes violence suffered by women and children at the hands of intimate partners, parents and others. Though not actively being involved between spouses and families, the 16 Days of Activism campaign aim is to raise awareness of the impact violence and abuse have on women and children, by helping bring the world together to fight for a common goal with the intention to rid people of abuse permanently. Women are not only supported by men though. Men are encouraged

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    Are protests an effective way to create change? An Argumentative Essay by Yee Tay Protesting is publicly demonstrating strong objection to a policy or course of action adopted by those in authority. Some people may think that protesting isn’t an effective way to change things. However, as a person who lives in a protesting nation, and has seen how effective some of these protests are, I believe protests are an effective way to create change. Protesting can create awareness for problems, create solutions

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    Teen Activist Essay Teen activists are an important part of the society, as they are the brave few who choose to stand up for what they believe. It takes some bravery and sacrifices to stand up for what he/her believe. For some of the activists, they give up their personal time, for other activist, they might give up their own money, some activists do both. Teens like Malala, Alex Lin, Faye Carey, and Malala Yousafzai give up their personal things to help contribute in the situation they are

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    Teen Activist By:Ava Terpstra The definition of an activist is someone who campaigns to bring about political or social change, and that is exactly what these teens did. Being a teen activist means you are passionate about a certain subject which could potentially change the world. It takes a lot to become a teen activist, you would need to be making a difference, have supporters and you would come across a few obstacles and hard tasks, but that is exactly what the teen activists, Craig, Malala

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    Just like Assange, there are a lot of people who use protestations as a way to claim their rights peacefully. These protesters think that by claiming their rights in such a way, the government tends to be more responsive, and gives them what they are asking for. As a brilliant hacker, Assange helped the protesters by providing them with some information that was very helpful for them. He became a hero for them because he put himself in danger just to get them what they wanted. Afterwards, some government

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    Introduction: According to Fuad-Luke, (2009) Design activism is the process of ‘design ideas, creativity and technique that carried out intentionally or unintentionally to develop a counter-narrative intended at creating and managing constructive social, institutional, ecological and/or economic revolution.’ The Design Activists have a prominent effect on the society in a way that the designs produced by them have a deep relationship with the culture and different kinds of people perceive their

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    Throughout the years 1877-1981, minority groups employed activism in a variety of guises in the struggle to achieve civil rights. While leading activists could draw on international events to strengthen their cause and enjoyed greater success as the campaign persisted, it ultimately fell to the government to make advances: activists needed a sympathetic president and government to legally push through change, thus the progression of civil rights was arguably dictated more by the current political

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    he goal of this paper is to demonstrate how political parties and interest groups are able to get citizens to participate in politics and political party participants or interest group members. This is a comparison and contrast paper. The following will be a comparison between political parties and interest groups. Three points will be mentioned. The first point will be the purpose, the second will be the role they play and finally three strategies parties and interest groups use to get people to

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