Action Required: How to Be an Informed Activist

News & Politics Podcasts

Action Required: How to Be an Informed Activist is a podcast by Take Action Inc. (www.takeactioninc.com), a youth-led nonprofit that works to empower youth to engage in activism through education and mentorship. With countless social issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic racism persisting today, the world is in dire need of informed youth activists more than ever. This podcast hopes to address this need by discussing social justice issues, like sustainability, anti-Blackness, and criminal injustice, and ways to work to resolve these problems through a comprehensible, intersectional, and fairly balanced manner. Action Required features experts and leaders of youth movements to better educate youth on the social and political landscape around them and help them participate in activism. So listen up, get informed, and take action!

Location:

United States

Genres:

News & Politics Podcasts

Description:

Action Required: How to Be an Informed Activist is a podcast by Take Action Inc. (www.takeactioninc.com), a youth-led nonprofit that works to empower youth to engage in activism through education and mentorship. With countless social issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic racism persisting today, the world is in dire need of informed youth activists more than ever. This podcast hopes to address this need by discussing social justice issues, like sustainability, anti-Blackness, and criminal injustice, and ways to work to resolve these problems through a comprehensible, intersectional, and fairly balanced manner. Action Required features experts and leaders of youth movements to better educate youth on the social and political landscape around them and help them participate in activism. So listen up, get informed, and take action!

Language:

English

Website:

https://www.takeactioninc.com/

Episodes

Take Action Against Child Labor with 100 Million Campaign

10/18/2020

Learn about child labor and trafficking around the world, including the United States, and how to help ensure that every child is safe, free, and educated with US Campaign Coordinator Helen Smith! Thank you so much Helen and 100 Million Campaign for an amazing, informative presentation! Check out https://www.takeactioninc.com/ for more workshops and educational material on social justice issues! Join our movement of informed youth activists who want to create meaningful change in the...

Duration:00:15:15

Learn About Artivism & Prison Reform with ARTE

10/18/2020

Learn about artivism, prison reform, criminal injustice, zine-making, and more with Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) Founder and Executive Director Marissa A. Gutiérrez Vicario! Thank you so much ARTE and Marissa for an amazing, informative presentation! Check out https://www.takeactioninc.com/ for more workshops and educational material on social justice issues! Join our movement of informed youth activists who want to create meaningful change in the world! Check out ARTE:...

Duration:00:10:59

Learn about Organizing and Building a Public Narrative with March For Our Lives

10/18/2020

Learn to grow as an activist by understanding the basics of what organizing is, how to do it, the history of organizing, how public narratives work, and why personal stories matter in organizing with March for Our Lives Deputy Organizing Director Gaby Salazar and Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Elena Perez! Thank you so much Gaby, Elena, and March for Our Lives for an amazing, informative presentation! Handout to create your own public narrative:...

Duration:00:29:13

Learn About the Intersection of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Gender Inequality with Generation Ratify

10/18/2020

Learn about how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates gender inequality and the Equal Rights Amendment with Generation Ratify National Co-Outreach Director Aishlinn Kivlighn! Thank you so much Generation Ratify and Aishlinn for an amazing, informative presentation! Check out https://www.takeactioninc.com/ for more workshops and educational material on social justice issues! Join our movement of informed youth activists who want to create meaningful change in the world! Check out Generation...

Duration:00:30:24