#teenactivist

[thetalkproject]

Greetings!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog/website. My name is Erika Pen and I’m a senior in high school. I am a big social activist and believe in kindness and helping others. I plan to major in psychology in college with the hopes of adding social work and/or asian studies or peace studies as my minor. I hope to become a child psychologist and help break the barriers about mental health taboo in the Asian communities. Below are some fun( or well what I find fun) facts about me and what I like to do!

I’m one of the student founders of the national project, We Are America. We Are America works with teachers around the country to help redefine what it means to be American. We then have students published their own stories on what makes them America. 

I drink too much bubble tea. It doesn’t help that I work part-time at a bubble tea cafe. 

I’m captain of the color guard team at my high school. I currently spin on both flag and saber and plan to spin in college with an independent winter guard. 

I have horrible eyesight. My left eye is halfway to being legally blind(whoops). 

I love making new friends! I hope to make lots of new friends with this blog. Feel free to send me a message if you want to chat!

My hopes for this blog is to raise awareness in the communities about the problems we face today. I want to connect with others who have similar ideas in the hopes of discovering ways to change the world we live in. As a young Asian American woman, I believe in raising awareness about the struggles we face from day to day. I believe in breaking barriers and creating new solutions. I hope this blog will help others like me to connect and come together. Until nexts times, Cheers!

[expeditionpress]

Serious deliberations in the shop this afternoon – we’re getting seriously close to the final press run for this project. #poemaboutmyrights #junejordan #teenactivist #layout #process #poetry #letterpress #woodtype #typography #design

[pigcrazygirl]

I try to stay out of politics but this too offensive. If we want to be heard we need to work against violence not for it. We need to be innovative. We need a public program where people can report officers with violent or racist tendencies before things escalate to these extreme levels. No more George Floyd's! Training, reporting, justice, and mental health support needs to be available for all now! Criminals in places of authority such as police forces need to be stopped, Right now. Justice for ALL (Americans, Canadians, and Global citizens) Starts with change. Peace, and order are needed right now!!! #blacklivesmatter #alllivesmatter #georgefloyd # blackouttuesday #rightsforall #change # nomoreviolence #2020 #teenactivist #icantbreathe #pridemonth #nichememes # unitedwestand #landofthefreeandthebrave #endpolicebrutality (at Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8ewgchahs/?igshid=ucfq4qgowusg

[trascapades]

❤✊🏽📚 #ArtIsAWeapon Check out 13-year-old #activist and #literacyadvocate @iammarleydias in @instylemagazine!! Go Marley! www.instyle.com/celebrity/marley-dias-1000blackgirlbooks-campaign-badass-women • • Regranned from @iammarleydias - First I need to make it through the 8th grade. Thanks @instylemagazine for thinking so highly of me💙 • #MarleyDias #1000BlackGirlBooks #TeenActivist #BlackExcellence #TheFutureIsFemale #BlackGirlMagic #SocialJustice #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon

[digitokc]

Perfect back to school reading just in! #backtoschool #teenagerebels #activism #teenactivist #highschool (at Dig It)

[peachy-queen]

Stop underestimating our young people!! #teenactivists #futureleadership https://www.instagram.com/p/Boue85lBB42ZUpNPObqlOvKrZLPQk1zIKAXTVA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tgv0jlg8m6cg

[beauti4soul]

#SayIt #WithMe 🔊 ... Emma Gonzalez was #SetUp it was They #FakedIt she #DIDNOT rip the #USConstitution #AllLies A #DoctoredAnimation of #ParklandShootingSurvivor #EmmaGonzalez ripping the #USConstitution in two went #viral on #socialmedia after Gab, a so-called “ #freespeech #socialnetwork” that features the controversial #PepeTheFrog as its account image, posted it on Twitter. The #Tweet gathered 1,500 #retweets and 2,900 likes and only after a few hours did #Gab specify the #FakeAnimation was “obviously a #parody /#satire The #OriginalAnimation is from a #TeenVogueStory released March 23 featuring Gonzalez and other #TeenActivists , as #Allure &  #TeenVogue #CommunicationsDirector #JaimeEllynMarsanico confirmed to #CNN . It shows Gonzalez ripping a #TargetPoster , NOT the #Constitution . #TeenVogue chief content officer, #PhillipPicardi , also set the record straight on Twitter: “The fact that we even have to clarify this is proof of how democracy continues to be fractured by people who manipulate and fabricate the truth,” Picardi said. The most popular debunk was from #DonaldMoynihan , a #professor at the #UniversityOfWisconsin at #Madison , who said: “Just a sample of what #NRAsupporters are doing to teenagers who survived a massacre (real picture on the right)”: However, this series of debunks did not stop the fake image from going viral, crossing platforms, websites and blogs. For example, sactor #AdamBaldwin , who has a #verifiedaccount on #Twitter , tweeted the #DoctoredAnimation to his 270,000 followers. The tweet was still online at the time of writing. Over the past few weeks, Gonzalez has become the face of the #NeverAgain movement that flooded Washington, D.C. and other American cities over the weekend for the #MarchforOurLives #rally . Her iconic speech in Washington, which included a prolonged moment of silence, is the latest in a series of appearances that made the 18-year-old a popular household name since a gunman killed 17 people on February 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But her #GunControl #Activism also attracted a smear campaign and personal attacks from conservative figures and far-right fringes. A #SmearCampaign

[zhanshoinov]

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#Repost from @basicenvironmentalist with @regram.app ... The real picture we should be talking about💁🏼‍♀️ . @basicenvironmentalist Video: @xudoyreal . Share with a friend 🌎 . . #GretaThunberg #GoGreenSaveGreen #SlutsForSustainability #SlutForSustainability #environment #environmentalist #EnvironmentallyFriendly #GoGreen #SustainableLifeStyle #Sustainableliving #sustainable #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #Eco #EcoPoc #Climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #UN #TeenActivist #TeenActivism #ClimateActivist #ClimateActivism https://www.instagram.com/p/B4hQI9HBnlq/?igshid=7wiwygk1zksi

[gnomecc9]

#Solangeknowles interview with @teenVogue February Cover Star #AmandlaStenberg on Learned to Love Her BlacknessShe tells all to Solange Knowles read fulll artice >>>http://www.teenvogue.com/story/amandla-stenberg-interview-teen-vogue-february-2016 #teenvogue #hungergames #teenactivist #blackhair #blackhistory #socialactivist by Solange Knowles Edited by Elaine Welteroth Photographs by Ben Toms Makeup by Francelle Props by Heather Greene at Brydges Mackinney Fashion by Julia Sarr-Jamois Hair by Lacy Redway for Kerastase

[gnomecc9]

#Solangeknowles interview with @teenVogue February Cover Star #AmandlaStenberg on Learned to Love Her BlacknessShe tells all to Solange Knowles read fulll artice >>>http://www.teenvogue.com/story/amandla-stenberg-interview-teen-vogue-february-2016 #teenvogue #hungergames #teenactivist #blackhair #blackhistory #socialactivist by Solange Knowles Edited by Elaine Welteroth Photographs by Ben Toms Makeup by Francelle Props by Heather Greene at Brydges Mackinney Fashion by Julia Sarr-Jamois Hair by Lacy Redway for Kerastase

[gnomecc9]

#Solangeknowles interview with @teenVogue February Cover Star #AmandlaStenberg on Learned to Love Her BlacknessShe tells all to Solange Knowles read fulll artice >>>http://www.teenvogue.com/story/amandla-stenberg-interview-teen-vogue-february-2016 #teenvogue #hungergames #teenactivist #blackhair #blackhistory #socialactivist by Solange Knowles Edited by Elaine Welteroth Photographs by Ben Toms Makeup by Francelle Props by Heather Greene at Brydges Mackinney Fashion by Julia Sarr-Jamois Hair by Lacy Redway for Kerastase

[gnomecc9]

#Solangeknowles interview with @teenVogue February Cover Star #AmandlaStenberg on Learned to Love Her BlacknessShe tells all to Solange Knowles read fulll artice >>>http://www.teenvogue.com/story/amandla-stenberg-interview-teen-vogue-february-2016 #teenvogue #hungergames #teenactivist #blackhair #blackhistory #socialactivist #afro #angeladavis by Solange Knowles Edited by Elaine Welteroth Photographs by Ben Toms Makeup by Francelle Props by Heather Greene at Brydges Mackinney Fashion by Julia Sarr-Jamois Hair by Lacy Redway for Kerastase

[gnomecc9]

#Solangeknowles interview with @teenVogue February Cover Star #AmandlaStenberg on Learned to Love Her BlacknessShe tells all to Solange Knowles read fulll artice >>>http://www.teenvogue.com/story/amandla-stenberg-interview-teen-vogue-february-2016 #teenvogue #hungergames #teenactivist #blackhair #blackhistory #socialactivist by Solange Knowles Edited by Elaine Welteroth Photographs by Ben Toms Makeup by Francelle Props by Heather Greene at Brydges Mackinney Fashion by Julia Sarr-Jamois Hair by Lacy Redway for Kerastase