Black Lives Matter

Beginning in 2013, The Black Lives Matter movement has a mission to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilanted. They want to combat violence and create a space for Black imagination and innovation. Afraid and upset, the Black community faces brutality after brutality by the police. Motivated violence and the mistreatment of black individuals causes chaos across the world. Taking off after the killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Rekia Boyd, among others, hashtags and social media awareness was brought to the issues and the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was in full swing. National headlines and anger incited protests and the hope for the brutality amongst minorities to end.

Chibok's Bring Back Our Girls

Chibok’s Bring Back Our Girls movement is a movement that began in response to the kidnapping of 276 mostly Christian female students aged from 16-18 by the Islamic Terrorist group Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. The movement raised awareness to the issue and surprised the government who wanted to keep the issue low-key. Word quickly spread, bringing attention to this horrible event. Globally, people reacted, raising awareness to the terrible event by creating the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. Devastated, people protested that the girls be brought back safely and unharmed. Resentment and anger only fueled the community to fight back. They fought for dignity, respect, and justice, begging for their family to come back.

Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process with the goal of finding and returning the missing children alive. Mothers stand amongst large crowds awaiting their children to be brought home. Heartbrokenly, they donned their children’s diapers as headscarves and powerfully made an impact on their community. Their skills were put into action as they embroidered their children’s names on the diapers and wrote “Aparicion con Vida” praying and hoping for the alive reappearance of their young children. Protests and rallies begun in hopes to gain attention for the tragic event.