lack of political activism.

And what I believe is missing is genuine grassroots activism on the ground, in addition to international aid, in addition to education, in addition to health.

It's bottom up or grassroots power.

I'm a big fan of grassroots organizations.

This is just the grassroots stuff again, OK?

But Hollywood movies don't get grassroots candidates elected.

This incident got me into human rights activism.

But it is an important tactic in Info activism.

I think we should... Like viruses, as a grassroots movement...

But keep in mind that this was a grassroots movement.

It was a time of unprecedented social and political activism.

Ai Wei Wei is also famous for human rights activism.

What got him into activism was the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

You needed local, on the ground activism to go with that.

Info activism involves harnessing information and communication tools for positive social change.

So yeah, it was difficult to explain, but there was a grassroots movement.

But grassroots groups are needed at the table during the decision making process.

It was the result of decades of sustained activism, shareholder advocacy and consumer advocacy.

Online activism is about bringing solutions to problems that used to be considered hopeless.

Grassroots video making can capture people's experiences in a way that will bring about change.

And ideas achieving critical mass is what political activism in popular government is all about.

So as long as activism is that simple, it's pretty easy to get away with.

I think blogs are good tools for info activism because they lend themselves to storytelling.

The way most blogs work for info activism and for advocacy is through blog communities.

So we've got this activist group that's this grassroots group that's come out of the site.

You get grassroots solutions, things that work for people who have no capital or limited access.

It's a grassroots campaign with 80 percent membership being women, most of whom are HlV positive.

We often hear about cyber activism, how people are getting more active because of the Internet.

But under repressive regimes successful online info activism does not always easily translate into offline impacts.

Info activism is what happens when rights advocates use information as their primary asset for driving change.

Sometimes an overlooked part of info activism work is the value of maintaining and sustaining healthy networks.

Whereas Islamists and far right organizations, for decades, have been building demand for their ideology on the grassroots.

In Burma, many bloggers are now paying a high price for their online activism during the Saffron Revolution.

The group is responsible for igniting the grassroots effort behind the campaign to elect Elizabeth Warren to the Senate.

To put it in context, there hasn't been a large grassroots protest movement in Japans since the 70's.

So if you want to look for effective organizations to reduce that suffering, you can go to Effective Animal Activism.

We asked 50 rights advocates how they turn information into action and we asked what info activism means to them

I thought it was important to emphasize that people were being helped, whether by international NGOs or by local grassroots organizations.

This new grassroots movement about honoring the treaties wouldn't have come back if it had not been for that TEDx talk.

These examples highlight the need to be alert to both the opportunities and risks involved in using online platforms for activism.

But the story is far more complicated, filled with imperial intrigue, corporate crisis, smuggling, and the grassroots origins of the American Revolution.

Grassroots organized tap festivals began to spring up, featuring the older tap dancers teaching the technique and the history of the craft.

Activism is not looked upon favorably by the Japanese society, so a protest of even a 1,000 people is a major event.

Bringing people's personal stories to the front of your info activism is one way to make sure people's experiences are not ignored.

And this idea, again, came from the grassroots, from two Googlers who wrote their own job descriptions and volunteered themselves for the job.