Activism is acting out to create a change in a person’s community/culture. It takes courage to be an activist against society that is unfair. I  say this because people like Gandhi, who held a peaceful march, take bravery. This man went against the British Empire. An empire that has tons of manpower, land money, power, access to anything they desire, etc the list goes on. Yet, Gandhi still decided to go against them to free his land of fellow Indians.There is no better way to describe what an activist is than Gandhi. Personally I would have been way too scared to even speak up for myself let alone thousands of unfreed people who are scared to speak up for themselves. Nor will I disobey the rules step in store to control my people and I. Activism has always been a part of the world. From the French Revolution to a variety of protests for police brutally on black individuals. Activists are the voice of the people, the people who can’t speak up or are too afraid to. Watching the film “United in Anger” really opened my eyes to how AIDS and the American government dealt with it. The most inspiring thing about it all was gay men were protesting, while dying from AIDS. Trying to create a change for others to come after them. Not going out without a fight is very moving to me. Some protests were peaceful while others were more violent. The group “Act up” worked hard to influence change and how the government treated AIDS patiences. The work they did was amazing to me, to spend the last days of your life fighting against the thing that is killing you. Although activists such as Martin Luther King or Gandhi were assassinated for their acts in the fight for their human and racial rights. Her work certainly made an impact on today’s society.