Activist Vocabulary
A noun which means the refusal to accept or comply with something.
What is resistance?
To bring a community together to discourage or stop something.
What is a protest?
The first African American child to go to William Frantz Elementary School (previously an all-white school)
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The last prophet of Islam, he was a revolutionary leader who changed the world for all times to come. He set a positive example of leadership for all humans.
Who is Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H?
A noun which means being able to bounce back quickly from difficulties.
What is resilience?
To stop buying from a brand or stop having ties with (a country, organization, or person) as a protest.
What is a boycott?
A movement that started in 2013 and aims to stop racism and discrimination and to promote equality. Protests for this cause rose in 2020.
What is the Black Lives Matter movement?
An American activist who gave the famous speech, "I Have a Dream."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
A noun that describes when people are governed in an unfair way and are stopped from having freedom.
What is oppression?
Arguably one of the most important forms of activism. Spending time to research more about a cause or to help someone else understand a cause.
What is education?
What war were students protesting at Kent State in Ohio? (Muhammad Ali also opposed this war.)
What is the Vietnam War?
A girl who first started protesting at the age 15. She frequently calls for an end to climate change and for a free Palestine.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
A verb which means to encourage someone to take action against injustice.
What is empowerment?
Walking on public streets as a group with signs and chants to protest.
What is a march?
Name three college campuses that have organized encampments in solidarity with Palestine.
What are UCLA, Columbia, and Harvard?
(American University, ASU, Cal State Polytechnic Uni, Cornell, Drexel, Emerson, Emory, Fashion Institute of Tech, Georgetown, Humboldt, Indiana Uni Bloomington, MIT, Michigan State, Morehouse, NYU, Ohio State, Rice Uni, Roosevelt Uni...)
He was an athlete with a major influence in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. He cited his religious beliefs as an opposition to the Vietnam War.
(hint: float like a butterfly...)
Who is Muhammad Ali?
A way of protesting by not obeying the law but without being violent. Example: blocking a road and stopping traffic
What is Civil Disobedience?
(will also take nonviolent protest/activism/etc)
When a group of people refuse to work as a form of protest, sometimes to make their working conditions better.
What is a strike?
Name a cause that is important to you that you would like to help with.
no wrong answers
She emerged as the leader of Communist Party USA in the 1960s and had close ties to the Black Panther Party. Recently she showed up to a college campus in Denver to show her support to the Palestinian cause.
Who is Angela Davis?