Feminist Activism

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By doing this activism project it help me, my family and friends learn new things things that we did not know about before like what feminism means and college rapes. And by having them together it help them realize what other people think feminism means and there opinions on them. It was like I discussion group. After we finish discussing about feminism I changed the topic to college rapes. First I wanted to know what they know about this topic then I give them information that I had research and show them some visited about it. The research that I did connects to women’s activist because I seek information about women’s feminism and there representation on college rapes. Inform fellow people about feminism and some issues that around feminism.

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