The phrase "activist population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of individuals who are actively engaged in promoting or advocating for social, political, or environmental change.
Example: "The activist population in the city has grown significantly over the past few years, leading to more awareness about climate change."
Alternatives: "advocacy community" or "social movement group".
(OK, one more: it's usually tremendously difficult to properly credit the originator of a viral hashtag – which are often created by black Twitter users in general and by activist populations in particular – because Twitter searches are so damned difficult).
The Dodd-Frank campaign should have involved asking local activists, populations and mining experts in the eastern DRC about mineral supply chains, he writes, to check whether they could be altered to improve the situation.
Sitra, known for its activist Shiite population, was a stronghold of antigovernment activists at the height of the demonstrations.
Sitra is known for its activist Shiite population, and it was a stronghold of antigovernment advocates at the height of demonstrations this year.
A more activist Romany population has found a voice, however, showing it is no longer prepared to take the old prejudices lying down.
Sitra, an oil hub six miles south of Manama, is known for its activist Shiite population and was a stronghold of antigovernment activists at the height of demonstrations earlier this year.
But, he adds, the threat to elephants is part of a much bigger catastrophe which cannot be averted without "active collaboration from a wide range of actors and activists – local populations, scientists, civic groups, corporations, politicians, security forces.
The discussion becomes increasingly misleading as Haberman credits Norman Borlaug, a lifelong population activist, with helping create the Green Revolution but ignores Borlaug's own admission that it was only a temporary, nonreplicable solution to feeding the world.
To get back into the general prison population, activists say, they are pressured to divulge information about other gang members in prison, a process known as "debriefing," which can jeopardize their safety.
In November, as a forecast of severe winter weather seemed to threaten Los Angeles' homeless population, activists clamoring for Mayor Eric Garcetti to declare a citywide state of emergency had little luck.
