Activism is a policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. I think activism is such a strong thing for a person to be. There are many types of activism. But most importantly to me is women’s activism. In 1848 the women’s suffrage movement began which is the start of it all. Women are always overlooked and our abilities are always doubted but we always persevere in every way possible. For example, the film “Girl Connected” shows the limitations that are put on these young colored women which are basically taking their rights and freedom away from them and then using their voice to fight these limitations and stand up for what’s right for them. But as women struggled I feel like that black women have struggled even more.

Black women always fought for equality but we’re overlooked in the women’s movement and civil rights movement. Although black women’s courage, strength, and power were overlooked, they can not be overstated. An article in the New York Times I found interesting called “Black Women Have Consistently Been Trailblazers for Social Change. Why Are They So Often Relegated to the Margins?” Says “In 2014, Black women created #SayHerName to push people to acknowledge that Black men are not the only ones killed by police at a disproportionate rate. While there were massive protests after the killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner, we did not see similar public outrage over Rekia Boyd, Tanisha Anderson or other Black women, girls and femmes who died at the hands of police. “Although Black women are routinely killed, raped and beaten by the police, their experiences are rarely foregrounded in popular understandings of police brutality,” said Kimberlé Crenshaw, who authored and published the #SayHerName reported with Andrea Ritchie, and the African American Policy Forum in 2015. “Yet, inclusion of black women’s experiences in social movements, media narratives, and policy demands around policing and police brutality is critical to effectively combating racialized state violence for black communities and other communities of color.” This part of the article stood out to me because it shows how black women are deeply overlooked even in our own community but we stand fighting for others and our community every time. The second thing that stood out to me is how young people’s voices can make a big impact.

In the article “how to think like an activist” it mentions how when young people speak, the world listens. The article also says “what younger activists might lack in direct experience they make up for with ingenious ways of thinking, working, getting attention and inspiring action”. To me this brings me to think about social media and how young people use social media platforms to make change, bring awareness, and have their voice Hurd. Tick tock has become a huge platform and is used to bring awareness to many things especially around the pandemic while the news was scary and giving out so much information tick tock creators spread those messages in a funny creative way where we all could relate and understand. 

Lastly the snapshot by servrine hedouville brings me to my final point. Her snapshot shows a woman of color holding up a sign with the same message as a white woman but the only one that’s getting attention is the white woman. This is very common how people get overlooked and the message being less as important until a non color person speaks about it. This needs to change for all of us to come together and fight as one.