A teen activist is a person that sees something wrong in the world and takes everything in there power to change the world. But, it’s not easy and a long process. Like starting agencies or organizations to raise money for a cause. For example, Alex Lin. He opened up seven media centers around the world and passed a law for it to be illegal to throw away e-waste (electrical waste). Another person, is Malala she started a found to help educate kids and build schools. Teen activist also have to reach out to as many people as they can to raise awareness. Alex Libby did this by wearing a shirt that says “ I stand for the silent” and creating a facebook page against bullying. There’s also Malala that has reached out to people from TV, the news and newspapers to help kids mostly girls get an equation they need and deserve. But, the most important reason why being a teen activist is hard is because you could live in danger just like Malala and Iqbal. Malala can’t go back to her country because she might be killed and she’s already been shot in the head by the Taliban. Then, …show more content…
Iqbaal like Malala also lives in Pakistan in the city Punjab. Ibaul was sold as a slave when he was just four years old because his family was was in a twelve dollar debt. He had to work b sewing together fancy carpets stitch by stitch and they starved him to keep him small so he could have tiny fingers to sew. But, when he was ten years old he escaped and moved to america. He protested against child labor and die speeches for kids. But in 1995 he retired to his home in Pakistan assuming he was safe but he was murdered. The kids he talked to finished what he had started and started a fund. That fund has raised 10,000 dollars. With that 10,000 dollars they built a school so that kids could learn and write so that they could get a good job so that they wouldn 't be in debt. That school now houses 280