#FreedomFighterFriday
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth organized Birmingham’s historic Good Friday march 62 years ago, the one that landed MLK in jail and where he produced the Letter from Birmingham Jail. Shuttlesworth survived bombings and beatings and never stopped.
Your turn: Organize. Resist. Repeat.
Malala Yousafzai survived a Taliban attack at 15 for championing girls' education. Became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate at 17 and co-founded the Malala Fund, supporting girls' education globally. Courage changes the world.
#FreedomFighterFriday #MalalaYousafzai #WomensHistoryMonth
Freedom Fighter Friday
Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1972 and the National Women’s Political Caucus. For over 50 years, she’s fought for women’s liberation, the ERA, and reproductive rights. And she’s still organizing at 91!
#FreedomFighterFriday #GloriaSteinem #WomensHistoryMonth
Opal Tometi co-founded Black Lives Matter, building its online platforms and social media strategy that turned a hashtag into a movement. Daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she’s also a longtime immigrant rights advocate and former Executive Director of BAJI.
#FreedomFighterFriday #OpalTometi #BLM
Patrisse Cullors co-founded Black Lives Matter and created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013. For over 20 years, she’s fought for prison abolition, stopping a $3.5 billion jail expansion in LA. “We are a generation called to action.”
#FreedomFighterFriday #PatrisseCullors #BLM #policereform
Freedom Fighter Friday!
Cristina Jiménez came to the U.S. from Ecuador at 13, undocumented and afraid. She co-founded United We Dream, an immigrant youth-led org in the country, and helped win DACA protections. Transforming fear into power.
#FreedomFighterFriday #CristinaJimenez #ImmigrantRights
Julissa Arce came to the U.S. at 11 on a visa that later expired leaving her undocumented. She became a Wall Street VP, then left to fight for immigrant rights and co-founding the Ascend Educational Fund. Real success means lifting your community.
#FreedomFighterFriday #JulissaArce #ImmigrantRights
Mary Beth Tinker was 13 when she wore a black armband to school supporting a Christmas truce in Vietnam. Her suspension led to the landmark case establishing students’ free speech rights. Now she teaches: speak up, stand up, practice your rights.
#FreedomFighterFriday #FreeSpeech
Freedom Fighter Friday, meet Erika Andiola who turned personal pain into powerful action. After ICE detained her mother, she co-founded the Dream Action Coalition, using direct action and organizing to protect families from deportation.
#FreedomFighterFriday #ErikaAndiola #ImmigrantRights
Dolores Huerta, 95 and still organizing! Co-founded United Farm Workers and coined “Sí, se puede!” Her decades of fighting for workers and immigrant rights and with our own soon increased ICE/CBP presence, it remind us: we must speak out!
#FreedomFighterFriday #DoloresHuerta #ImmigrantRights
Freedom Fighter Friday-Bryan Stevenson has exonerated 140+ wrongly condemned prisoners and challenges mass incarceration through the Equal Justice Initiative, proving the justice system can change when we fight for it.
#FreedomFighterFriday #BryanStevenson #CriminalJusticeReform
#FreedomFighterFriday: Mahatma Gandhi proved nonviolent resistance could topple an empire. Through peaceful protests and unwavering moral conviction, he led India to independence, showing that real power comes from courage and collective action, not force. #Gandhi #NonviolentResistance #Peace
