Activist Norman Solomon speaks on hope for a future with each other.
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Monday, July 31, 2017
It saddens everyone to hear about a mass shooting in one of the top three high schools of Broward County.
This incident took place in Parkland. Fla, in Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Parkland is known to be one of the most prominent city in Broward c ...
Read MoreTHE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVISM – Part 1
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016
In each issue of Impact, staff writer and Editor Adrian Zupp will present an essay on an aspect of social change/justice. In his first essay, he discusses the most fundamental element of the process: activism
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVISM – Part 1
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Martha Cooper Hudson: Woman of Greatness
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2016
Martha Cooper-Hudson is an attractive and articulate woman of faith. Always looking immaculate and constantly flashing a radiant smile, you could almost call her the prototypical “perfect woman.” Little surprise, then, that she started a company called Women of Greatness (WOG).
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Little Big Woman: An Interview With Activist Medea Benjamin
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2017
Though probably best known for her disruptive behavior in committee hearings on Capitol Hill or interrupting a Donald Trump speech, Medea Benjamin’s activist “career” is 41 years long and filled with many battles, wins, and losses. Beginning with the Vietnam War, she has been a ...
Read MoreBryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2016
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal ...
Read MoreKeeping it radical: an interview with Charles Barron
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Friday, April 1, 2016
Charles Barron is an inspiring anomaly. A former Black Panther who crossed over into electoral politics but stayed true to his roots. A New York Assemblyman who is as comfortable in the streets with a megaphone as he is in the congressional chamber standing up to anyone who tries to take libertie ...
Read MoreLove is the question and the answer: an interview with veteran activist Mel King
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Sunday, July 3, 2016
There would be few community activists who have been fighting for social justice as long as Boston’s Mel King. Born (in 1928), raised, and still a resident of the city’s South End area, he has seen the neighborhood transform from one of the city’s poorest in the 1960s into its c ...
Read MoreNoam Chomsky On Race And Activism
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading intellectuals, dissidents, and social commentators. He is a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of over 100 books, including Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Domina ...
Read MoreYvonne Pointer-Lighting the way
by Adrian Zupp
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016
“No matter what you like, start somewhere, get out there and do something remarkable.” Yvonne Pointer
Yvonne Pointer is a nationally known anti-violence activist, author, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame. She is ...
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