Civil disobedience according to mediam-webster.com is the refusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to do or change something. Throughout history there have been many circumstances in which people have gathered together in civil disobedience to make a statement such as the civil rights movement, the women's right act and protest war. Those Civil disobedience events are similar in the matter that they were acts done without violence. Nonviolent civil disobedience was adapted from former civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, Muhammad Ali, and Gandhi. Today we are still following the footstep set out for us and in one way or another still protesting for equal rights.
Throughout the years students have become more engaged in civil disobedience than other age groups. Reason being that we want equality and to be able to show our understanding of lessons learned throughout our school years. At an early age we are taught that we are all equal and that we must respect one another yet we were also taught that it was not always that …show more content…
Due to advances in technology our generation is able to communicate in less than a minute at a time. Therefore if I want to gather all of the Las Vegas student activist it would only take about an hour for word to get out instead of having to plan months in advance to hold a meeting. The technology that is available today allows us to be aware of what is going on in and outside of the country, such information is what makes students like us want to join forces and advocate the rights of all men and women. Having the news and ability to gather information at the touch of a button allows our generation to be informed and be able to input our opinions out in public either through the internet or being present in a
Throughout the years students have become more engaged in civil disobedience than other age groups. Reason being that we want equality and to be able to show our understanding of lessons learned throughout our school years. At an early age we are taught that we are all equal and that we must respect one another yet we were also taught that it was not always that …show more content…
Due to advances in technology our generation is able to communicate in less than a minute at a time. Therefore if I want to gather all of the Las Vegas student activist it would only take about an hour for word to get out instead of having to plan months in advance to hold a meeting. The technology that is available today allows us to be aware of what is going on in and outside of the country, such information is what makes students like us want to join forces and advocate the rights of all men and women. Having the news and ability to gather information at the touch of a button allows our generation to be informed and be able to input our opinions out in public either through the internet or being present in a