“ The activist is not the one who says the river is dirty, the activist is the one who cleans the river up.”— H. Ross Perot
Activism is action.
Today many hear the word activism and think of protests and people who drive old, beat up Subarus with outdated political bumper stickers. But true-to-heart activists fight for issues they care about every day with no reward, no recognition, and often no success.
Our parents’ generation fought for civil rights and social justice. Our generation has different causes, but it’s just as hard of a struggle.
Around the globe, young people are becoming both politically and socially active regarding their world and their environment. I hope to find out how youth define activism and how we address these concerns.
To me, global climate change is a “youth crisis” because it will be up to us to carry out the necessary reforms to avert the catastrophe that could lay ahead for us and our children.
When discussing youth action I will focus on the environment and what young people feel is happening to the physical world and what they can do about it.
By using audio, video, and other forms of multimedia I will share the amazing actions of my generation with the hopes of inspiring others to do the same. If you are a young person and you would like to share either what you or someone you know has done, please e-mail them to meganwaggoner@hotmail.com.
Its time for our generation to take issues into our own hands. Its time to take action!
1 comment:
Megan have you seen this quote by Wendell Berry?
Much protest is naive; it expects quick, visible improvement and despairs and gives up when such improvement does not come. Protesters who hold out for longer have perhaps understood that success is not the proper goal. If protest depended on success, there would be little protest of any durability or significance. History simply affords too little evidence that anyone's individual protest is of any use. Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
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