The Importance Of Being A Teen Activist

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When things aren’t right and you know they should be. You don’t need to be a superhero, you need to be a teen activist. A teen activist is a teenager who sees something, and they think it needs to be fixed. But instead of ignoring it and leaving it for someone else they fix it. Important qualities of teen activists is that they need to be brave, and willing to fight for their cause. But the most important one is they need to be hardworking.

The first reason that teen activists need to be hardworking is that, they have to be able to raise hope for their cause. The “Malala Fund” is a great example of a hard working teen activist trying to change things to make them right. According to “Life After Bully” by Hannah Rand Alex Libby collected money to
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Iqbal changed laws about child labor when he spoke out after spending 6 years in slavery, the article, “How to Help,” by Karen Fanning tells us this. Malala changed laws in Pakistan about girls going to school, and she has the Malala Fund to help make schools for children including girls. That’s why teen activists need to change …show more content…
Alex Lin had a public speaking bit when he made a video about e-waste. He had to carry the whole thing when none of his teammates talked. Alex Libby had to speak with the president when he went to the white house and speak with a beauty pageant winner. Malala, in my opinion, is the best public speaking teen activist. She has been on interviews with Jon Stewart, Emma Watson, and Ellen Degeneres. Most teen activists have written or been included in articles and interviews, they have to be good at public speaking and have to work hard to do those things right. That is why teen activists need to be able to speak in

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