ReaL Book, Stage B: Workshop 1, Part 2

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  1. activist
    a reformer who works to achieve social or political change
  2. active
    disposed to do something or bring about change
  3. activism
    a policy of action to achieve a political or social goal
  4. motivation
    psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal
  5. struggle
    make a strenuous or labored effort
    Like many local people, they struggled to support their family.
  6. desperate
    showing extreme urgency or intensity because of great need
    James was desperate to escape.
  7. resource
    aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
    Once he had obtained an education, money, and experience, he would use those resources to help other children.
  8. pursue
    go in search of or hunt for
    He saved enough money to pursue his dream of establishing a charity to help other child slaves.
  9. establish
    set up or found
    He saved enough money to pursue his dream of establishing a charity to help other child slaves.
  10. charity
    an institution set up to provide help to the needy
    He saved enough money to pursue his dream of establishing a charity to help other child slaves.
  11. donor
    a person who makes a gift of money, property, etc.
    We started with five children, and within a year, we had grown to 100 children.... hen we grew to over 1,000 children,...donors began financing Challenging Heights.
  12. responsibility
    the social force that binds you to a course of action
    I believe that the government has the ultimate responsibility for the protection of children,...and I want Challenging Heights to be in a position to put pressure on the government to tackle this.
  13. scorn
    look down on with disdain
    I dream a world where man
    No other man will scorn,
    Where love will bless the earth
    And peace its paths adorn.
  14. wretched
    very unhappy; full of misery
    A world I dream where black or white,
    Whatever race you be,
    Will share the bounties of the earth
    And every man is free,
    Where wretchedness will hang its head
    And joy, like a pearl,
    Attends the needs of all mankind —
    Of such I dream, my world!
Created on Thu Apr 01 15:31:44 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 07 09:56:13 EDT 2021)

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