I want to follow as many people as possible here to help this platform thrive—everyone should! If you'd like me to follow you, share a picture of the person who inspires you most to stand up against injustice. Also say their name. It could be your mom or your dad. I'll go first:
Nelson Mandela!
Nelson Mandela!
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I hope this includes a picture. Zelensky for obvious reasons.
Gord Downie
wonderful job overseeing the wheat board.
British intelligence officer who worked F Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War.
But yeah. MLK
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - MLK
Slava Ukraini ‼️ Heroyam Slava‼️
Because I was a scared kid & not all that noble otherwise.
Endured British Colonialism. Survived Japanese occupation. Resisted military Burma.
Fearless in the face of evil.
He was active with the Lions & was often the best fund raiser, just because he'd walk up and talk to anyone.
Died in 2008.
Essays: https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/publications/Documents/Judith_book_1.1%20copy.pdf
For those interested in the pov of Jews who oppose the Zionist Israeli regime, I've included a short clip of Gabor, recorded by his daughter, in the following post. 1/2
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Navalny_vs_Pamfilova1_%28cropped%29.jpg
Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr.
Because of her I have immense respect for people such as MLK Jr, Nelson Mandela, JFK, Rosa Parks...the list and their messages go on and on.
Because I trust my son to stand up, now and in the future.
#alzheimerssucks
I don't want no peace
Give me equal rights and justice
A Social Justice warrior.
A scholastic Jesuit.
He wrote for the Catholic New Times and started a social justice club at his church which was weekly letter writing.
He is my goal post.
RIP Dad ~2017
She started hospitals in Belgium, served in WWI as a nurse, treated and saved soldiers on both sides of the war, saved 200 allied soldiers in enemy occupied Belgium. Was executed for it. Her last words are on her London monument (see alt text):
Miss him so very much. Gone way too soon. 💝
Stand up to people who are doing wrong even when you will lose everything.
Reporter, my dad
(📷 IG: alexbird007)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa
https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5bf35e79c94d8a2d10eebc34/master/pass/181203_r33321.jpg
Scottish trade union leader
#CdnImm #CdnHist
https://www.violadesmond.org/
Author
"Black Like Me"
In 1959, motivated by racial conflict in the States, Griffin started a taking the anti-vitiligo drug methoxsalen, spending up to 15 hrs/day under an ultraviolet lamp for a week to understand what life was like for Black Americans.
I read his book in 1982.
Perhaps i was actually inspired by political cartoons, contemporary and past.
Also Nelson Mandela , Mahatma Gandhi, Bill Browder, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and so many others, starting with my parents!
We have the possibility of doing so much more, we should not take our life as granted. As we are seeing down south it can go sour real quick.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Eckford
―Karis Nemik
https://youtu.be/D9zYeFOrlzg?si=zWq61U1k4OquzZbY
My daughter.
No one comes close to his words and actions.
We could all use his humour and tenacity to fight for justice these days.
This young man buried so far away. The Dutch people take very good care of the graves. I have been there. Rest in peace Ernie.