This document discusses social movements and their role in creating social change. It provides an overview of social movements and their ability to empower people. The author then shares their experience protesting in Bahrain in support of democracy. Finally, it defines the global justice movement as a recent social movement that has emerged in response to governments' inability to control the impacts of globalization. Social movements are described as a way for people to gain power and raise awareness of important issues.

1. Action for Change I:
Social Movements
OVERVIEW
SOCIAL MOVEMENT GIVES US POWER
MY PROTEST EXPERIENCE 
WHAT IS GLOBAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT?

2. What is Social
Movements?
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
“HELP OR HINDER
MOBILISATION EFFORTS,
ONGOING HABITS AND
THE SUCCESS OF SOCIAL
MOVEMENT,”
- JASPER 2012

3. Bahrain Protest
New social movement is
used to fight for identity and
social change

4. Global Justice Movement
 Recent social movement
 Governments inability to
control
 Different from other social
movements

5. What to
Remember
 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IS A
WAY TO GAIN POWER
 PROTESTS INCREASE
AWARENESS
 GJM EMERGED BECAUSE
OF GLOBALISATION

6. References
Jasper, J.M., (2011). Emotions and Social Movements. Twenty Years of Theory and Research. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol.37(), pp.285-303
Piven, F.F., (2008). 'Can power from below change the world?', American Sociological Review, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 1-14
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http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9365
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nearly-3000-to-saudi-embasssy-marches-to-white-house-april-15/
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