Today is Shirley Chisholm Day, honoring the daughter of Bedford-Stuyvesant, pioneering politician, antiwar and pro-choice activist, child-care expert, college professor, author and namesake of the Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
But he wishes the activist children of survivors - he is talking of the Jewish population - could be more inclusive of the Sinti; he believes they are still looked down on for being working class.
On 30 June 2013, as anti-Morsi protesters took to the streets, the dynamic was reversed, with parents supporting a military takeover while their activist children despaired of where the country was heading.
Around this time of year, it's hard not to reflect upon Jamie Lee Curtis -- the actress, activist, children's-book author and HuffPost blogger whose performance in John Carpenter's original Halloween made getting scared personal (and suburban), simultaneously launching her storied career.
It's also cold comfort for those who have been evicted from their land without compensation, as well as imprisoned activists, child labourers, and those who remain threatened by land-grabbing.
The Place de la République was brimming with protesters, activists, children, parents, and teenagers.
He was so loved that he was asked to be godparent to one activist's child.
Writer and community activist, former child actress, she embraced life, and all those she loved, with passion.
Take Elizabeth Smart – now an activist against child abuse and sexual exploitation – who was kidnapped when she was 14, raped and held for nine months before she escaped.
He concealed his real identity from the activist and child as he was under strict orders to keep secret his undercover work from her and the other activists in the group he infiltrated.
