Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.
An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.
Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.
Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.
Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.
It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.
I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.
The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.