Saturday August 19, 2023; 3:44 PM PDT
- I did a search for "activism 101" yesterday, and found an episode of the podcast While Black, recorded in 2019, interviewing an activist called City. City does activism in Atlanta, Georgia, with a current focus on police brutality. I listened to it today, and jotted down some notes when the interviewer asked for three things that someone who wants to get involved in activism should do (35-40 minutes into the podcast):#
- Find what problem that you are going to be passionate about#
- Half of the people only find problems that everyone is talking about, but are not passionate about it #
- Find your organization that is already working on that problem #
- You don't have to join them, but you can work along side them#
- Put yourself in a position where economically your problem can be fixed #
- Make sure that your livelihood is not affected #
- Have something or someone that can take care of you/family #
- Everyone is needed - even social media activists#
- You need goals#
- If you don't have that, you will be running around with your head cut off#