Articles tagged with "activism"

In times of global warming, the strong connection between LGBTIQ+ activism and environmental activism has come more into focus for activists working in the community. As a young LGBTIQ+ person, it is essential to think intersectional about activism at this time when climate change is affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. After all, LGBTIQ+ people, along with other marginalized people, are among the first to be confronted with the destruction caused by climate change.

Meet Marta Cardoso, a passionate LGBTIQ+ activist from Portugal, volunteer and one of the participants of the "Human Rights for All!" Training Course held in September 2019 in Trasmulas, Spain.

With the progress of democracy the concept of activism is more and more often mentioned in the media space. You can find characteristic «public activist» in biographies of many public figures (artists, journalists, writers etc.). Even those who don’t take to the streets to protest and instead post on Facebook become activists. In this article I try to figure out what «activism» means and which easiest methods of activism exist in the 21st century.

There's a lot of talk on climate change, but it really is climate justice we should focus on.

In London people are becoming more aware of the devastating effect of air pollution. Finally, it looks like the government is trying to do something about it. I joined a local group as they were trying to provoke change.