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SayHerName. Attendees at the #SayHerName vigil of May 20, 2015, located at Union Square in New York City. #SayHerName is a social movement that seeks to raise awareness for Black women victims of police brutality and anti-Black violence in the United States. [1] The movement's name was created by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF). [2 ...
e. #MeToo[ a ] is a social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture, in which people publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media in 2006, on Myspace, by sexual assault survivor and activist ...
One topic the activist has brought into public conversation is spreading awareness about the issues surrounding sexual violence through her Joyful Heart Foundation, a task that initially seemed ...
Through PAVE, Rose launched the Binding Project: Breaking Old Binds, Creating New Ties. The Binding Project is an international art empowerment campaign where participants write a word of empowerment on plastic zip ties, one to wear and one to send back to PAVE to be included in an installation art piece. This project was launched on the tenth ...
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with the mission of being the voice of victims and survivors of domestic violence. Based in Denver, Colorado. [8] National Coalition Against Domestic Violence's objective is to create a society that holds domestic abusers responsible for their activity.
Invisible Children, Inc., founded in 2004, is an organization to increase awareness of the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa, and its leader, Joseph Kony. Specifically, the group seeks to put an end to the practices of the LRA, which include abductions and abuse of children, and forcing them to serve as soldiers.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual campaign to raise public awareness about sexual assault and educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence in the United States. [ 1 ] It is observed in April. Each year during the month of April, state, territory, tribal and community-based organizations, rape crisis ...
v. t. e. Project Veritas was an American far-right [ 14 ] activist [ 15 ] group founded by James O'Keefe in 2010. [ 19 ] The group produced deceptively edited videos [ 13 ] of its undercover operations, [ 20 ] which use secret recordings [ 20 ] in an effort to discredit mainstream media organizations and progressive groups. [ 21 ][ 22 ] Project ...