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'''Social movements '''are ''organized community efforts that aim to reach a certain set of goals; networks of people who share some basis of collective identity / shared values and engage in political or cultural conflicts. ''- Dictionary of Human Geography & Mario Daini, adapted by Michelle Xie  <ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I</ref>  
'''Social movements '''are ''organized community efforts that aim to reach a certain set of goals; networks of people who share some basis of collective identity / shared values and engage in political or cultural conflicts. ''- Dictionary of Human Geography & Mario Daini, adapted by Michelle Xie  <ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I</ref>  


==Examples of social movements==
== Examples of social movements ==
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Disposability discourse
'''Climate justice'''
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Much discussion around the severity of COVID was lessened by expressing how it mainly sickens and kills elderly, chronically ill, and disabled people. This discourse suggests these groups are seen disposable.&nbsp;
*There are many groups present in the climate justice movement, ranging from grassroots local groups (i.e. Friday's for future chapters) to NGO's (i.e. Greenpeace)
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Loosened restrictions too early
'''Black lives matter'''
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When governments loosened COVID restrictions in response to business demands, political pressure, and public impatience, rather than scientific evidence, high risk populations (the chronically ill, disabled and elderly) were subsequently told they are disposable yet again.&nbsp;
*Black lives matter aims to "eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."-Black Lives Matter.  <ref>https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/</ref>  The movement was started in 2013 in response to Trayvon Martin’s murderer.
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Working through illness
'''Idle No More'''
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Regulations around how many sick days should be required when someone falls ill with COVID also demonstrated ableism. In relation to these regulations, and in favour of profit above health, many politicians including US President Joe Biden, praised themselves for working through COVID, instead of encouraging people to rest and recover if they'd fallen ill.&nbsp;
*Idle No More started in 2012, "among Treaty People in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta protesting the Canadian government’s dismantling of environmental protection laws, endangering First Nations who live on the land." -Idle No More  <ref>https://idlenomore.ca/about-the-movement/</ref>
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Individualism
'''#MeToo'''
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Individuals have been encouraged to make 'personal' choices on vaccines (without legitimate health restrictions), masks and gatherings.
"''There is no individual safety without collective safety and collective safety requires that no one is safe unless everyone is safe." - Mia Mingus  <ref>https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</ref>  ''


*&nbsp;#MeToo is a movement against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture, in which people share publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was first used on social media in 2006.  <ref>https://metoomvmt.org/get-to-know-us/history-inception/</ref>
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the climate justice movement, #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, and Idle No More.
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Social movements are organized community efforts that aim to reach a certain set of goals; networks of people who share some basis of collective identity / shared values and engage in political or cultural conflicts. - Dictionary of Human Geography & Mario Daini, adapted by Michelle Xie [1]

Examples of social movements

Climate justice

  • There are many groups present in the climate justice movement, ranging from grassroots local groups (i.e. Friday's for future chapters) to NGO's (i.e. Greenpeace)

Black lives matter

  • Black lives matter aims to "eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."-Black Lives Matter. [2] The movement was started in 2013 in response to Trayvon Martin’s murderer.

Idle No More

  • Idle No More started in 2012, "among Treaty People in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta protesting the Canadian government’s dismantling of environmental protection laws, endangering First Nations who live on the land." -Idle No More [3]

#MeToo

  •  #MeToo is a movement against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture, in which people share publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was first used on social media in 2006. [4]



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  1. ↑ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I
  2. ↑ https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/
  3. ↑ https://idlenomore.ca/about-the-movement/
  4. ↑ https://metoomvmt.org/get-to-know-us/history-inception/
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