Activists Speak Out
eBook - PDF

Activists Speak Out

Reflections on the Pursuit of Change in America

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Activists Speak Out

Reflections on the Pursuit of Change in America

About this book

In Activists Speak Out, a group of fifteen American activists speak candidly about how and why they struggle for change. Their causes and strategies vary - in the areas of civil rights, gay and lesbian rights, the environment, women's issues, health, youth, education, labor, freedom of expression and the arts. But the lessons learned resonate across geographic and ideological boundaries. Whether working as grass-roots organizers or corporate insiders, in cities or in rural areas, the through-line of their observations is constant: Change is slow, and may take shape in unexpected ways. Small victories count. And, whatever the initial motivation to become engaged in the struggle for change - anger, compassion, frustration - the very process of engagement is itself transformative. You cross that line, and nothing is ever the same.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: You Cross That Line
  8. 1. Barbara Trent, documentary film/U.S. foreign policy
  9. 2. Bernice Johnson Reagon, music/civil rights
  10. 3. Norma Swenson, women's health
  11. 4. Joseph Marshall, youth at risk
  12. 5. Esther Kaplan, AIDS/ abortion rights/ civil rights
  13. 6. Gail Snowden, banking/underserved populations
  14. 7. Lynne Sowder, corporate art collecting
  15. 8. Lily Yeh, art/urban revitalization
  16. 9. Mel Chin; art/environment/mass media
  17. 10. Carl Anthony, environment/ social justice
  18. 11. Mary Ellen Beaver, migrant labor
  19. 12. Joan Robinett, industrial pollution
  20. 13. Amalia Mesa-Bains, art/Chicano movement
  21. 14. Skipp Porteous, freedom of expression
  22. 15. Cleve Jones, AIDS
  23. Conclusion: Getting in History’s Way
  24. Appendix
  25. Index