The Film I watched was “Knock down the house” and it seems to me that activism defines itself in that film as providing representation and a voice for working class people and real problems that face us today. The film I watched was Alexandria Ocasio, Cori Bush and Paula Jeans swearinen’s decision and experience in running for congress as a working class woman or coming from a working class family. Against a primary, that is not what is usually heard of or against people that are benefiting from exploiting the working class families. The activism I saw was a grassroots organization deciding to take a step in gaining representation in congress and trying to understand people in their communities and their needs and doing their best to gain access to a space that they will be able to speak for their communities. I saw the people identifying with them because they are not the “other” the wealthy or corporate giants. They are normal people like them attempting to make a change from within the system and are compassionate and eager to be that voice. Despite people underestimating them for being women and making them seem inexperienced or unable to provide strong representation. Activism is action in support of social justice change and engaged in fighting issues. My experience with activism  is before working  as a case manager a lot of my earlier career life was spent working in “El Puente” a organization in williamsburg for social justice their mission in every work that they do  is to “inspire leaders for peace and justice” which meant their  whole framework and structures were centered around civic engagement. We were dedicated to children that entered our doors, the importance of community and giving them a safe space where they felt belonging  and we often encouraged our members together to identify a community issue and discuss ways to engage, whether that meant environmental justice or immigration justice, educational justice. We asked our members to critically think about what our community needs were and ways we can be active in supporting each other to engage them.  The members in our organization were a part of quite a few protests and we have been to DC and when hurricane maria happened the williamsburg community came together to send supplies to puerto rico etc. The primary way we did our activism was through the arts, dance, painting or murals in the community. It was a life changing experience and I learned a lot of my core understanding of working with young people through that journey. In my opinion, ways to effectively engage in activism and gender justice in my life I believe is to support the young people I work with and amplify their voices and experiences. So they understand that their voices are important and they are important in our community. Using any platform I have to amplify them and keep educating myself and  listening to folks’ experiences. While taking a stand for human rights and women rights.