Teen Activists

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Never give up. Never giving up is a very big part about being a teen activist. Teen activist are people who stand up for their opinion, and they never give no matter what gets in the way. Teen activist try to make everyone's physical and mental environments better. To become a teen activist you have to be willing to make a change for everybody. Don’t give up until they have got what they want, and they become great leaders to everyone. There are many great teen activist in the world, but four amazing activist are Malala Yousafzai who stood up for women’s rights, Iqbal Masih who fought for his freedom, and Alex Libby and Emily-Anne who stood up for anti-bullying. First of all, Malala Yousafzai is a great example of a teen activist because she stood up for women's rights. She stood up for women be able to go to school, market and more. In pakistan, boys were able to go to school and only some girls, when no one else would speak out, Malala stood up for the women’s right in Pakistan. Although she did have some challenges in the way, like getting shot in the the left part of her head by the Taliban, and getting threats about the …show more content…

Emily had lots of rumors about her, and didn’t have any friends, it was so bad for her that she moved schools. Emily states, “When you are cyber bullied or bullied offline, it feels like you can’t get away.”Emily said that she felt like a nobody, but when she heard some compliments about her it boosted her self esteem. She thought if other people heard compliments about themselves that it would boost their self esteem. So, Emily created WeStopHate in 2010 to boost victims of bullying self esteem. Emily also persevered because even when people said mean comments to her and she didn’t have any friends, she kept on going to school, and dealt with the bullies, Emily-Anne help people feel better mentally when they get bullied, through her website

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