Activism means that you are aware of your environment and you try to take an active role in trying to change problems around in your community. The biggest form of activism is a personal revolution, raising your family, doing unto others as you would have them do to you, being polite to people... that's the first step of activism: Change yourself, and be about what you say you are about. Then the extra step is to go out into the community and organizing, and doing things, and saying things, and speaking up, and not just letting shit go down. You'll organize and do something about it. That's activism. -Talib Kweli
it all starts with self! This is one of the best definitions of activism! thanks Talib!