“I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.” This was said by Malala Yousafzai, a teen activist who stands up for girls education all over the world. What is a teen activist, you may ask? A teen activist is a kid or teenager who is working towards change for the better in society, politics or the environment and will stop at nothing to make that change happen. To be a teen activist, you must want a change in some are of society and you must be willing to progress toward that change, no matter what. In this essay you will read about how all teen activists possess similar traits. They are all brave, persistent and passionate when talking about and working for their cause.
First of all, all teen activists are persistent when fighting for their causes. For example, Malala Yousafzai is persistent about her cause. According to NobelPrize.org, Malala spoke out about girl’s education even as a young girl, because even then, her education rights had not been taken away yet, but were in jeopardy, and she spoke out on her local news channel and also started an anonymous blog talking about girls …show more content…
Faye Carey is one of those people. She is a teen activist working for the greater good of pets, specifically dogs. She, as NewsHub.com says, helps get puppies from animal control-where she volunteers once a week- get a good home. So far, she has re-homed more than 60 dogs. She even spends up to three hours every night answering emails and setting up adoptions for the puppies. Another great example of a teen activist with passion for their cause is again, Malala Yousafzai. First of all, after the taliban shot her, she spoke out from her hospital bed. Also, as said on MalalaFund.org, she visited with the families of victims from schoolgirl kidnappings in Nigeria. Adding to that, to celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she opened a school for girls in
First of all, all teen activists are persistent when fighting for their causes. For example, Malala Yousafzai is persistent about her cause. According to NobelPrize.org, Malala spoke out about girl’s education even as a young girl, because even then, her education rights had not been taken away yet, but were in jeopardy, and she spoke out on her local news channel and also started an anonymous blog talking about girls …show more content…
Faye Carey is one of those people. She is a teen activist working for the greater good of pets, specifically dogs. She, as NewsHub.com says, helps get puppies from animal control-where she volunteers once a week- get a good home. So far, she has re-homed more than 60 dogs. She even spends up to three hours every night answering emails and setting up adoptions for the puppies. Another great example of a teen activist with passion for their cause is again, Malala Yousafzai. First of all, after the taliban shot her, she spoke out from her hospital bed. Also, as said on MalalaFund.org, she visited with the families of victims from schoolgirl kidnappings in Nigeria. Adding to that, to celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she opened a school for girls in