Name: Your creative superpowers can help protect democracy
Uploaded: 2024-01-23T15:45:34Z
Duration: 9 min 52 s
Description: "Democracy is more fun and inviting when you take it into your own hands," says creator and activist Sofia Ongele. Sharing how she's using coding and social media to defend democracy, Ongele invites us to identify our own creative superpowers — whether it's community organizing, making music or telling stories — and use them to cause a ruckus and bring movements to life.

Sofia Ongele: Your creative superpowers can help protect democracy

Your creative superpowers can help protect democracy

"Democracy is more fun and inviting when you take it into your own hands," says creator and activist Sofia Ongele. Sharing how she's using coding and social media to defend democracy, Ongele invites us to identify our own creative superpowers — whether it's community organizing, making music or telling stories — and use them to cause a ruckus and bring movements to life.

Democracy thrives when ordinary people use their unique skills to spark change, even outside traditional political routes. After a tragic school shooting in Santa Clarita, a coding project helped flood a bureaucratic process with community voices, shifting local policy in under three hours. Playful online activism—like sending Bee Movie lyrics to a controversial tipline—showed that even small acts can dismantle undemocratic systems. Real impact starts by harnessing whatever tools or talents are at hand, no matter how unconventional.