foreword:
“Activism can be really simple. People think you have to go to a rally or you have to go to an organization and voice your opinion, but really, activism can be as simple as stopping someone from saying a racist word, or saying “faggot”, or saying “cracker”, or just anything like that. If you just stop someone from saying that one thing, you have just become an activist.”
-Genny DiLeonardo
When we were faced with the choice of what we wanted to do our documentary on, I wanted to choose a group of people who aim to change the future. People who want to make the world we live in a better place, but I also wanted to choose a group that I as a teen could relate to. This led me, of course, to the choice of teen activists; I feel that teen activists are inspiring people who, despite their young age, show a deep care for the communities they live in. Teen activists are people who see social injustice and devote their time to fixing it. They are people who, as cheesy as it sounds, are leading the way to our future and are deciding how our lives will be led in days to come.