
Make it Happen
Author: Amika George
Narrator: Amika George
Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HQ
Published: 01/21/2021

Author: Amika George
Narrator: Amika George
Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HQ
Published: 01/21/2021
I thought this would be Amika's journey with the #PeriodPoverty campaign and some good old common sense but it was so much more. A really useful 'how to' filled with ideas, motivation, and inspiration. It filled me with hope and made me realise that you don't have to be a special kind of person to g......more
“Activism is a demand for respect, equality, and autonomy.” A very insightful guide to how to turn the spark inside you into something impactful on whatever level you’re aiming for. Thank you Amika for starting the fight against period poverty in the UK along with your community of #FreePeriods. Along......more
This was quite motivational and inspirational. If you want to be an activist, what kind of activism, what kind of topic could be yours? How to get started? What to make out of it? Plenty of things you should mind, like intersectionality. I think this book is especially helpful if you want to start y......more
If there's one true benefit to Amika George's "Make It Happen: How to be an Activist," it's the enthusiasm with which George, the well-known U.K. based Free Periods movement, actually writes the engaging primer for the wannabe activist. George was 17-years-old when she started the Free Periods movem......more
'Amika is one of my favourite people on earth – she embodies why the world is so excited for Generation Z! Make it Happen is an inclusive, powerful, political, intelligent and brilliant book about how one person can truly make a difference in this world. If you feel remotely fed up with the status quo – you need this book in your life!’ ‘Campaigning is an incredible force for good – it has the power to improve people’s lives. So, if you’re a young person who has an idea and wants to change the world – read this book and help make it happen.’ ‘Inspiring and practical: an indispensable handbook for changing the world.’ ‘A personal, powerful, passionate, pragmatic, punchy book from one of Britain’s most exciting Gen Z activists. A great guide to moving and shaking with joy, spirit and real world results.’ ‘Amika is a credit to her generation and makes me feel so much better about the future. Her tireless campaigning to make period poverty a thing of the past in the UK has helped millions of girls. The social and economic benefits of this will be seen for many years to come. I'm delighted to see that she has put her passion into words.’ ‘Amika is an inspiration to us all and a personal hero of mine.’ ‘An inspirational London teenager.’ ‘Kickass founder of the #FreePeriods campaign and absolute kween’ ‘Schoolgirl by day, activist by night: we crown Amika George our next Girl on a Mission.’ ‘George is single-handedly fighting for teenage girls to be given the right to free sanitary products.Instead of simply firing off an angry Tweet, [Amika] decided to do something about period poverty. Like, actually do something about it.’