1. Activism

2. Definition
Intentional efforts to promote, impede or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change

3. Types of Activism Civil Disobedience Craftivism Boycotting
Vegetarianism
Nonviolence
Peace Movement
Political Campaigning
Protest
Striking

4. Mahatma Gandhi Advocated for Nonviolence throughout the world
TIME’s Man of the Year –
So awesome that his birthday is a holiday in India

5. Allen Ginsberg Political, religious, and gay rights activist
Howl and Other Poems led to Ginsberg being put up on obscenity charges
So awesome that he had a stamp with his face on it

6. Mutulu Shakur Civil Rights activist (Black Panther Party)
Best known for planning the $1.6 M robbery of an armored truck in New York in which three were killed
2Pac’s stepdad
Not so awesome… projected release date: Feb. 10, 2016

7. Leon Trotsky Political activist / Marxist revolutionary
Escaped prison multiple times during his life
Assassinated with an ice pick…that’s kind of awesome

8. Jessica Biel Activist for Clean Water and Animal Rights
Actress born in Minnesota
She was in Blade: Trinity - that is awesome because the vampires die instead of sparkle