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Digital Activism was discussed in-depth in your textbook. Have you ever started a campaign to raise awareness about a topic that you were passionate about? Did you assist others or participate in events to rally toward change? Many campaigns were successful in taking a problem and creating solutions. Checkout examples such as: #MeToo, #TakeAKnee, GivingTuesday etc.

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If this is really your textbook asking this and not asking my opinion I suggest the following answer.

When I was “X” years old, I gathered my friends together after seeing the horrendous affects of straws on the environment as a result of the turtle related climate change video. I began to raise awareness about the disastrous affects of these newly created straws on the ability for many innocent creatures to live out their everyday lives. Take for example the new paper straw, what did a young “X” year old boy do to have to suffer through the PTSD of a mushy straw where half my drink never even had the opportunity to reach its destination.

Unfortunately, I faced a lot of resistance from my peers on protesting this issue. While I started an initial campaign on sites like gofundme and reddit, ultimately my events did not contribute to long term social change. I would like to believe one day someone will take a sip from a circular translucent piece of plastic film and wonder whose blood sweat and tears contributed to the return of this, however, if I only did it for the glory, I wouldn’t have toiled the way I did.
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