Activists
Social Justice Terminology
Social Justice on the Map
Famous Organizations
Types of Protests/Demonstrations
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This Black author and activist coined "intersectional feminism."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
100
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
Oppression
100
Interactions between people where people use oppressive behavior, insults or violence.
Interpersonal Oppression
100
This nonprofit provides free and affordable healthcare all over the US, but is mostly known for offering abortion services.
Planned Parenthood
100
The process by which a member of an oppressed group comes to accept and live out the inaccurate myths and stereotypes applied to the group by its oppressors.
Internalized oppression
200
She's the author of "Song of Solomon" and "The Bluest Eye."
Toni Morrison
200
This term refers to prejudice or discrimination, often from members of the same race, in which people are treated differently based on the social implications from cultural meanings attached to skin color.
Colorism
200
This woman coined the term "Womanism"
Alice Walker
200
A Black Power socialist political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California.
The Black Panther Party (BPP)
200
An analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.
Intersectionality
300
____ is to feminist as purple is to lavender.
Womanist
300
The use of strikes, demonstrations, or other public forms of protest rather than negotiation to achieve one's demands.
Direct Action
300
Stonewall Inn is located in this Manhattan neighborhood.
Greenwich Village
300
This "green" organization was founded in the early 1970's to protest nuclear energy. They came under criticism in 2014 after defacing sacred Peruvian geoglyphs.
Greenpeace
300
The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.
Feminism
400
These three women founded Black Lives Matter.
Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors
400
This phrase was coined in response to police brutality, and has soared in popularity since the death of George Floyd. It refers to policy that would shrink the law enforcement system.
"Defund the Police."
400
After Eric Garner was killed by police in this NYC borough, his daughter Erica Garner continued to fight against police brutality before her death in 2017.
Staten Island
400
A decentralized anti-fascist political movement that aims to achieve their objectives through the use of both non-violent and violent direct action.
Antifa
400
Protesters refuse to give money to an organization, or refuse to use a service, until demands are met.
Boycotting
500
She is credited with "throwing the first brick" at the first Stonewall riot. She also co-founded an organization that provided housing for homeless LGBT youth.
Marsha P. Johnson
500
The use of computer-based techniques such as hacking as a form of civil disobedience to promote a political agenda or social change
Hacktivism
500
The network of institutional structures, policies, and practices that create advantages and benefits for some, and discrimination, oppression, and disadvantages for others.
Institutional Oppression
500
The idea that one group is somehow better than another, and in some measure has the right to control the other group.
Ideological oppression
500
Explicit protest that involves deliberately breaking unjust laws
Civil Disobedience