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thumb|Civil rights activists at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom during the [[civil rights movement in August 1963.]] thumb|A Feminist movement|women's liberation march in Washington, D.C., August 1970. Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from mandate building in a community (including writing letters to newspapers), petitioning elected officials, running or contributing to a political campaign, pr