2020 was the year that young activists took political education (and action) into their own hands. 

2020 was the year that young activists took political education (and action) into their own hands. During a jam-packed year with a pandemic, an economic recession, a presidential election, and Black Lives Matter, many young people got more involved in activism. Many started reading “radical revolutionary” books from activists and scholars like Angela Davis, some started accounts on social media to share content, like Indigenous land sovereignty or prison abolition, with friends in accessible ways, and other joined anti-racist protests, created mutual aid funds, and youth-led groups. YPulse’s Not Waiting For The World to Change report found that 75% of 13-39-year-olds feel more empowered to bring positive change to the world than they did last year, while 57% believe they have the power to change things in the real world if they make enough noise online. (Teen Vogue)