Social Justice Activist by Zakary Williams https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv en-us 2024-03-15 18:42:29 UTC 2024-03-28 18:02:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Who are they? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932819266 The activist that I chose was Dominique Armani Jones, also known by his stage name of Lil Baby.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932819266 Where are they from? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932819413 He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932819413 What issue are they bringing light to in the community? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932819877 He advocates for civil rights, systematic racism, and most importantly, police brutality.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932819877 How are they making a change? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932820175 He attended BLM Protests and donated money raised from his music to organizations such as The National Association Of Black Journalists, Breonna Taylor's Attorney, The Bail Project, And Black Lives Matter Protests.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932820175 Interesting facts #1 zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932822796 In 2020, Jones's song about the BLM protest, "The Bigger Picture", went #3 on billboard charts. The song was made after the murder of George Floyd.


]]> 2024-03-25 17:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932822796 What? State what the social justice issue is. zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932826937 The main social justice issue that Jones advocates against is police brutality in the country. In more recent times, officers have been abusing their power and positions to target specific people.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932826937 Who? Who does this social justice issue impact? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932828553 This social justice issue can affect anybody misfortunate enough to be pursued by a corrupt officer. However it most often impacts minorities in the country, specifically pacific islanders as well as African Americans, with the amount of cases against those ethnicities being over twice as common as Caucasian or Asian cases.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932828553 Why? Why does this social justice issue matter? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932828927 This issue makes millions of people feel unsafe and unsure of the United state's police force, as they can not be sure whether or not they will be safe in the hands of the officers.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932828927 How? How are people impacted by this social justice? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932829563 Hundreds of people are killed from police brutality every year. Even this year alone, there have only been a total of 8 days where no one was killed from police.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932829563 Sources zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932830090 "Racism and Law Enforcement." Gale Global Issues Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/UYRUIW171380893/GIC?u=cobb90289&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=288f9376. Accessed 27 Mar. 2024.


"Mourners Surround the Coffin of Black Leader Steve Biko." Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources, edited by Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006, pp. 353-355. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2560000131/GIC?u=cobb90289&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=87a78c90. Accessed 27 Mar. 2024.


“Mapping Police Violence.” Mapping Police Violence, mappingpoliceviolence.org/. Accessed 27 Mar. 2024.


Yancey-Bragg, N'dea, et al. "Civil rights investigation launched in Memphis." USA Today, 28 July 2023, p. 02A. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A758727677/GIC?u=cobb90289&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=44d1ca1d. Accessed 27 Mar. 2024.


]]> 2024-03-25 17:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932830090 Possible Improvements? zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932830665 In order to improve the problem of police brutality, officers need to be held more accountable for actions. In the past, there have been several cases of police offices doing things such as assaulting and arresting innocent people, planting evidence on certain individuals, and in certain cases killing innocent people for no presumed reasons. There have also been several cases of officers simply being let off the hook after situations like this, or even worse, fired from one division and then immediately hired to another. There needs to be a more intense punishment for officers who are caught abusing their power on people whether they are innocent or guilty.

]]> 2024-03-25 17:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2932830665 Interesting fact #2 zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2935938347 On the anniversary of George Floyd's death in 2021, his family went to Washington DC and to the White House to push for a police reform act to be made. Jones joined the family.

]]> 2024-03-28 00:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2935938347 Interesting Fact #3 zakarywilliams1 https://padlet.com/zakarywilliams1/vbsl79vbd4jxz2lv/wish/2935942963 On top of systematic racism, civil rights and police brutality, Jones also helps families struggling with poverty. There are several instances of him donating to less fortunate, including giving out $300,000 worth of school supplies, buying out an entire Foot Locker location and giving away the shoes, Donating over 200 bikes, paid for scholarships for students who weren't able to afford college, donating winter clothes, renovating neighborhoods and more.

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