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Make it Happen Amika George

Make it Happen By Amika George

Make it Happen by Amika George

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'Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.' Malala Yousafzai

Make it Happen Summary

Make it Happen: How to be an Activist by Amika George

'Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.' Malala Yousafzai

GET UP. SPEAK UP. DON'T GIVE UP.

The world is waking up to the fact that society is arranged to
benefit some more than others. There is much that needs changing. And you can be the one to do it. Anyone can make history, including a teenager launching a global campaign from their bedroom. And Amika will show you how, in this essential and inspirational step-by-step guide to being an activist.

Are your favourite brands making little effort to be diverse?

Are the people who've been hardest hit by COVID-19 not getting the support they need?

Is the environment being overlooked in favour of driving profits?

Amika George succeeded in campaigning to get the government to fund free period products in every school across England. Make It Happen is her guide to being an effective activist. With chapters on finding your crowd and creating allies, how to get those in positions of power and influence to listen, how to use social media effectively and how to look after your mental health while protesting. Amika will you show you how you can make real and lasting changes in your world.

Featuring candid interviews with award-winning campaigner
Caroline Criado-Perez, host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White, founder of the Gurls Talk network and podcast Adwoa Aboah, and founder of The Pink Protest Scarlett Curtis, Make It Happen is the go-to handbook for the changemaker in you.

Make it Happen Reviews

'Amika is one of my favourite people on earth - she embodies why the world is so excited for Generation Z! Make it Happen is an inclusive, powerful, political, intelligent and brilliant book about how one person can truly make a difference in this world. If you feel remotely fed up with the status quo - you need this book in your life!' Scarlett Curtis

'Campaigning is an incredible force for good - it has the power to improve people's lives. So, if you're a young person who has an idea and wants to change the world - read this book and help make it happen.' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

'Inspiring and practical: an indispensable handbook for changing the world.' Caroline Criado Perez

'A personal, powerful, passionate, pragmatic, punchy book from one of Britain's most exciting Gen Z activists. A great guide to moving and shaking with joy, spirit and real world results.' Deborah Frances-White from The Guilty Feminist

'Amika is a credit to her generation and makes me feel so much better about the future. Her tireless campaigning to make period poverty a thing of the past in the UK has helped millions of girls. The social and economic benefits of this will be seen for many years to come. I'm delighted to see that she has put her passion into words.' June Sarpong

'Amika is an inspiration to us all and a personal hero of mine.' Josie Naughton, co-founder of Help Refugees

'An inspirational London teenager.' Evening Standard

'Kickass founder of the #FreePeriods campaign and absolute kween' Glamour

'Schoolgirl by day, activist by night: we crown Amika George our next Girl on a Mission.' Vogue

'George is single-handedly fighting for teenage girls to be given the right to free sanitary products.Instead of simply firing off an angry Tweet, [Amika] decided to do something about period poverty. Like, actually do something about it.' Elle

About Amika George

Amika George is a 20-year-old student at Cambridge University, who, at the age of 17, started the Free Periods campaign from her bedroom to end period poverty in the UK. After reading about children missing school, as they were unable to afford menstrual products, Amika started an online movement, organised a protest in London, attended by over 2,000 young people, and launched a legal campaign. In 2019, Her campaign successfully persuaded the UK government to provide free menstrual products in all English schools and colleges from January 2020.

She has received global recognition for her campaigning work, including receiving a Goalkeepers Campaign award by Bill & Melinda Gates, in conjunction with the United Nations, and was listed by TIME magazine as one of the 25 most influential teenagers in the world. She continues to campaign to ensure that every child worldwide has access to education, uninhibited by their period, and works to eradicate the taboo around periods.

Additional information

GOR011260924
9780008377601
000837760X
Make it Happen: How to be an Activist by Amika George
Amika George
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
2021-01-21
240
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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