As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's place in American society.
What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes I think parents emphasise more on doing well in school, which is important, but perhaps that sometimes comes at the cost of a child's natural curiosity.
If we took the passion and the conviction that the activist trans community has and we combined it with this over-the-top marketable charisma of drag, I feel like if we worked together, we could really effect major social change and world change.
I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.
Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal ideals.
Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston Tea Party to the sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the South, no change has been won without disruptive action.
I look to icons like George Carlin, Chris Rock, and Richard Pryor on how to present these concepts of social change and subversiveness to an audience in a way that's palatable.
I come from an academic background, and I have a genuine interest in social change.
I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.
