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Welcome to the Goodnewspaper. It’s when times are hardest that it’s most important that we shine a light on good news. Not ”feel-good” news. Hope — real hope — no matter how messy it may be. There’s a lot of good in the world that needs to be celebrated. And we need to become a part of it.
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What Do We Mean by “Unconventional Activism?” Unconventional activism is creative, innovative, and clever solutions to heartbreaking and oftentimes complicated problems and injustices. It’s made up of both seasoned
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advocates and everyday movers and shakers compelled to
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create a more just, fair, and thriving world.
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It’s the unexpected ones, sometimes even the
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troublemakers, committed to unraveling propped-up systems of oppression or suffering. Sometimes it’s the ideas you wish you had thought of. Sometimes their ideas are unpredictable, but oftentimes that’s what makes them so effective. Here we’ve compiled a collection of some of our favorite unconventional activists — people we admire for the
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ways they endeavor to reimagine the world in unexpected ways. They’re certainly changing the world for the better. Our hope is that you’ll be inspired by them to invent new ways to organize, march, and resist for the issues near and dear to you.
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