Activist Connect: Recent Episodes
Amnesty International Australia
Activist Connect seeks to engage, educate, entertain, and connect Amnesty activists around Australia. Amnesty International is a human rights organisation who has been fighting bad guys since 1961. Be part of the global movement and fight for justice, equality and human rights!
Why should the climate justice space take an intersectional approach?Intersectionality focuses on how social categories such as gender, race, socio-class, ability, sexual orientation, religion, and other aspects of our identity interact on multiple...
When it comes to tackling climate change there are two types of measures: climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation. Most of the work we will do as activists falls under climate change mitigation- because we are calling on our own...
Why is climate change a human rights issue?While we largely understand climate change through the impacts it will have on our natural world, it is the devastation that it is causing and will continue to cause for humanity that makes it an urgent human...
We chat with Amnesty students and hear the perspectives of young people who are actively engaged in human rights education and action, and to hear why they believe human rights should be a part of every students education. Human rights education should...