Activism Archives - Page 3 of 196

Abby Hopper Gibbons

1800s American philanthropist

Kate Cocks

Australian policewoman who fought crime and ran a home for babies – but was no saint

Mary Louise Defender Wilson

Dakotah Sioux/Hidatsa storyteller, historian and educator

Wesa Wai-Sum Chau

Wesa Wai-Sum Chau is a dedicated advocate for cultural diversity, providing leadership in the disability, mental illness, women and international student communities.

Mary Ellen Pleasant

Mary Ellen Pleasant was perhaps the most powerful Black woman in Gold Rush-era San Francisco.

In 1884, she tried to enroll her eight-year-old daughter Mamie at a white public school in San Francisco. When school authorities turned Mamie away because of her Chinese ancestry, Mary and her husband sued the Board of Education. The lawsuit became a landmark civil rights case for public school desegregation.

Yuri Kochiyama

Japanese American activist who dedicated her life to the pursuit of social justice, not only for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, but all communities of color.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (commonly referred to by her initials, AOC) is the youngest woman and youngest Latina to ever serve in the United States Congress. She is most well known for her progressive politics, community activism, and her wide-reaching social media presence.

Marva Collins

“For thirty years, we have done what other schools declare impossible,” explains Collins, who has trained more than one hundred thousand teachers, principals, and administrators in the methodology developed and practiced at her Westside Preparatory School in Chicago.