activism
noun
ac·tiv·ism
ˈak-ti-ˌvi-zəm 
: a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue
political activism
environmental activism
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In recent years, these groups have been vandalizing renowned artworks around the world in the name of climate activism.
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
But across fields, from the National Domestic Workers Alliance to the Ms. Foundation for Women, the grantees described the funding as coming at a moment of great threat to the rights and power of women, but also, when activism, momentum and awareness for their movement is surging.
—Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Also in attendance was Beth Bourne, a Davis parent and Yolo County chapter president of Moms for Liberty, whose activism has isolated her from her trans child.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
Image For more than half a century now, campus activism and universities’ responses to it have mostly occurred within the paradigm shaped by 1968.
—Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
But across fields, from the National Domestic Workers Alliance to the Ms. Foundation for Women, the grantees described the funding as coming at a moment of great threat to the rights and power of women, but also, when activism, momentum and awareness for their movement is surging.
—Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Also in attendance was Beth Bourne, a Davis parent and Yolo County chapter president of Moms for Liberty, whose activism has isolated her from her trans child.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
Image For more than half a century now, campus activism and universities’ responses to it have mostly occurred within the paradigm shaped by 1968.
—Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024
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“Activism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/activism. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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