Advocacy vs. Activism

"The civil-rights movement was a high risk activism." (The Language of Composition, 350)  Activism is the practice of vigorous involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals.  This was most commonly known during the civil rights movement during protests like boycotts and sit-ins.

The opposition, advocacy, is the act of pleading for that that causes activism.  Support and recommendation are the foundation of this idea.


When both work in conjunction, the ideas being protested are more socially balanced between doing nothing and doing everything.