I’m a brand new activist—here’s what got me to join others in the streets

I’m a brand new activist—here’s what got me to join others in the streets

It’s impossible to truly understand an issue until it becomes personal in some way. That’s exactly what happened to me.

I’m a brand new activist — here’s what got me to join others in the streets

This article I’m a brand new activist — here’s what got me to join others in the streets was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. Embed from Getty Images I am one of the many people whose interest in politics came only once I had been directly impacted by changing legislation. It’s not a new mentality, and not a story that’s unique to Americans. Most eloquently put into words by Rev. Martin Neimöller in his poem “First They Came,” the ten…