After watching the video and reading the article I define the term activism is a way people fight for the change of their rights economically, socially, and politically. Activism is the start of a movement to fight or change the rights for a group of people that feel they might betrayed different from others. I watched the Netflix documentary “Crip Camp, A Disability Revolution” which was the start of an activism film that shed light on people with disabilities. The film recreates the lives of people in Camp Jened, a disability camp that fought for their right to be seen and heard. It shows a major historical event that came to bring light to the Disabilities Act. This film goes into detail of Judith Heumann, a camp counselor, she led the disability act movement. Judith was an incredibly strong that she confronted government officials when they try to give little support with “separate but equal” when they made accessible bathrooms, she made it know it was not enough. Judith’s hard work held pave the way for fight of 1990 of the Disabilities Act. These past year have come with a rise of different movements such as Abortion Laws, Black Rights Movements and Movements to Stop ICE. I have engaged in witnessing activism back in the summer when I walked to Planned Parenthood in Astor Place. When walking into the building you could hear the people outside early in the morning, screaming “murderer, “baby killers”, and “you’re going to hell”. This was a form of activism that I don’t agree but in today’s society it has seem too have worked due to the laws the government is trying put out with saying states can change the laws of abortion rights. Another time I engaged in activism was when I walked in the Black Lives Matter walked, it was such a great feeling of knowing I was fighting for something that was right. Activism is the fight of knowing what you believe is right.
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