![]() ![]() "It's about more than just signing a petition and our generation knows it," said Saraya Hamidi, Campaigner at and Top Youth Changemaker of 2020. Gen Z, defined as those born from the mid-1990s to 2010, came to the platform in droves, defying claims of 'slacktivism' by leading rallies, protests, virtual events, boycotts, and much more. ![]() Youth campaigning was the largest trend on this year, reflecting the explosion in activism among Gen Z across the country. Tens of thousands of students started campaigns on school dress codes, mascot reform, and anti-trans legislation and trans rights petitions in their communities. ![]() JAMES CORDEN JUSTICE FOR JULIUS JONES FREEThey are taking our free tools and support and driving the change they want to see themselves." "The new young leaders thriving on our platform aren't waiting for an organization to tell them what to do. "Coming off of a historic year of activism in 2020, users built on a growing wave of change by launching local campaigns in their own communities," said Molly Dorozenski, Managing Director of North America and Australia at. Another such campaign, #FreedomforRogel, was a late-breaking entry for fastest-growing campaign in 2021, gaining more than 3 million signatures in just days. These included major campaigns such as Justice for Julius Jones, Elijah McClain and Greg Mingo. The third-largest group of petitions were criminal justice and clemency campaigns, with more than 9.2 million signatures. Animal rights campaigns led the second biggest trend in petition creation and signatures, with 10,300 created with 10.7 million signatures across them. In general, petitions calling for local change were the biggest movement on in 2021, with more than 57,000 petitions created garnering a total of more than 10.8 million signatures. In response, doubled its Top Changemakers under 25 list in 2021 to accurately represent the scale of youth campaigning on the platform this year. The largest trend this year was a massive increase in youth campaigning, with tens of thousands coming to the platform to start and sign petitions. users came to to make a difference in 2021, starting more than 791,896 petitions with more than 463,883,172 signatures in total. ![]()
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