What Causes Teen Activism

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Teen Activism is something where teens around the world help people/causes. People like Alex Libby, Malala Yousafzai and Faye Carey are the people that stood out the most for me and are who I think are good activists.
Malala is a girl who likes to help people and want girls to have a good education. According to the interview with Jon Stewart, Malala is 19 years old and is from Mingora, Pakistan. She has lived the past 2 or 3 years without education because the Taliban shut all the schools down. She also got extremely injured when the Taliban shot her in the head. She is a very lucky girl to have survived the bullet in her head, She is a very strong girl, and she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Alex Libby is from Pittsburgh, PA. As stated

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