How to Ease Into Activism Outside of Social Media

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Sure, I'll go to a protest! Of course, instead of buying my overpriced venti dirty chai latte with sweetened vanilla soy milk for a week, I'll donate to an abortion fund!

Totally, I'll do a 10-tweet Twitter thread talking about how Clarence Thomas is a flop! In my mind, the barometers of change and progress were easy things I could do to signal the world that yes, I was pissed off.

I would do things, feel great about my involvement, and something more pressing would fall on my plate I moved along. Despite caring about X, Y, and Z issues, my commitment to advocating for a better world would fade to black.It's in these times, Rambarran explains, it's more important than ever to not let the momentum die out. “I truly believe that our deepest power lies in mass movements and grassroots organizing.

I do not think we are going to get our liberation at the hands of one politician, or a group of politicians,” she says. “As human beings, we can find ways to carve out our own liberation injustice and that we need to be showing up for each other in that way.”Learning how to become an activist isn't just about the grand gestures—communing on capitol hill, making an Instagram infographic, or coming up with catchy rallying cries at a protest—it can truly just be exchanging ideas with your community or driving an acquaintance to and from an abortion without judgement.