Malala Yousafzai Teen Activism

Being a teen activist is like the switch of a light taking over the darkness of a room, never giving up. Thanks to teen activism I now know that teen activists work towards their goals by never giving up, influencing people by spreading their message, and having the strong support of people.

Now that I have researched teen activism, I know now many similarities between many teen activists activists and how they work towards their goals. The first similarity I noticed about teen activism when working towards goals is never giving up, and keep on persevering. Malala Yousafzai a young teen activist from Pakistan was still fighting for girls education even after being shot by the Talibans causing the left side of her face to be paralyzed.
According to Malala's quote, “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world.” (Malala Yousafzai), Malala shows how much she is influencing people by spreading/sharing her message that simple things can lead to a great education. Not only saying influential quotes spreaded her message, talking in TV shows, interviews, and writing blogs spreaded her message too. Mr.Masih influenced people in a similar way. He spoke in interviews, and mostly schools and classrooms. His main intention was to influence to make others understand the value of a child, and to stop child labor. On the other hand Pulgam had a different story. Bharat Pulgam, a WHS sophomore was an emphatic student who cared to many other students with mental health issues. He created awareness by starting starting a student led group called HEART. He spread his message by using HEART to save many people with mental health issues from suicide. He also influenced many people to help anyone even if it's not your problem. Without a doubt teen activists work towards their goals by spreading their message to influence people as much as they
Lou Wagner a teen actor/animal activist is a great example of this. He says “I discovered that saving shelter animals is a click of my mouse or an app on my phone to build a global network of friends and support.” (Lou Wagner). Lou reveals that creating a strong support of people is pretty simple, since there's a lot of social media like Facebook and Instagram. Similarly Pia and Abby - activists with cured diseases used websites and blogs to help share their messages and get a strong support of people. The website they created was called PABS PACKS, A website that donated bags with useful things for hospitalized people. There is even a link for email and other social media of Pia and Abby to create more support so they can have more message. These activists believe that getting a strong support of people helps a lot during working towards a goal because you have more people that can help you, and whenever there's a problem or an issue they're there to support you. Indeed many activists such as Lou and Pia/Abby work towards their goals by maintaining a strong support of