{"id":2669,"date":"2024-08-30T15:59:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:59:44","slug":"solidarity-a-hitchhikers-guide-to-chicagos-activism-by-toby-brogsdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/solidarity-a-hitchhikers-guide-to-chicagos-activism-by-toby-brogsdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity: A Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to Chicago\u2019s Activism by Toby Brogsdale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Hitchhikers Guide to Chicago Activism by Toby Brogsdale\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7cLcDfT4MQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of Gen Z\u2019s growing investment into the political landscape, I, Toby Brogsdale, am creating a guide exploring solidarity within the different social political groups found here in Chicago. When starting out, multitudes of youths who sincerely want to create social change but do not know where or how to start feel a little less lost, and even worried by trying to change a world that allows for little voice. This feeling creates pessimism and doomism, where people just quit politics altogether. Helping young activists understand how solidarity within these groups, as well in general, can help relieve stress brought upon by politics and is an essential component in creating social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pdJbJJYuXyI\">Meet Journalist Toby Brogsdale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pdJbJJYuXyI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2670\" style=\"width:275px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-376x564.jpg 376w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mildsauce-Headshots_-4-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pdJbJJYuXyI\"><strong>Mildsauce Journalist Toby Brogsdale<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"small\">In light of Gen Z\u2019s growing investment into the political landscape, I, Toby Brogsdale, am creating a guide exploring solidarity &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[517],"tags":[541,545,46,369,259,544,542,248,512,525,543],"class_list":{"0":"post-2669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-solidarity-issue","8":"tag-activism","9":"tag-caarpr","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-community","12":"tag-justice","13":"tag-liberation","14":"tag-organization","15":"tag-protest","16":"tag-solidarity","17":"tag-togetherness","18":"tag-youth-organization"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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