Everyone has a cause they fight for. Most people fight to raise awareness about diseases or cancers. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure is one of the organizations I support. However, there are so many other organizations that fight for other matters. Fighting to raise awareness for organizations such as the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund are very important and are often fought for because someone they love may have been affected by breast cancer or ovarian cancer.

While I am very passionate about Breast Cancer Awareness there are two other causes that I fight for, and will continue to fight for.

The first of those is Women’s Equality. The organization that I support that backs most of my beliefs is the National Organization for Women. Many people think that fight for women’s rights or women’s equality is silly or not needed, but women are not treated the same as men in many aspects of life. Yes, women have so many more rights than they did throughout the early 20^th century. And yes, women are advancing in the work place at much higher numbers, but that does not mean women have reached equality, and that does not mean that women are completed protected throughout society. Currently women make $0.68 for every $1 that men make, doing the same work. The World Bank reports that in countries where there is gender equality, the economy is more successful and competitive. I don’t know about anyone else, but I would enjoy living in a thriving economy, especially if it could happen by practicing gender equality.

A major controversial topic is abortion. In the United States abortion is legal, however states have the ability to regulate or limit abortions by creating trigger laws to make abortion illegal in the second trimester. Regardless or your political belief, the government should not be able to regulate what a women does with her body. Regardless of if you would get an abortion or not, a women should be able to have the, “say so,” not the government. It should be noted that globally, every year, more than 287,000 women die from pregnancy and birthing related problems.

My other “cause” is civil rights. In the past year, the national news has covered an overwhelmingly uncomfortable amount of police brutality towards African Americans. While it is important to mention that African Americans are not the only people becoming victims of police brutality, there is a bigger picture. Some people are reacting because they are mad, but a majority are reacting because this issue has “pulled the last straw.” Nationwide there have been protests with the attempt of opening the eyes of society to show that racism is still in existence and is still a problem in our country. For example, the #blacklivesmatter campaign had a negative response with people petitioning back, #alllivesmatter. While the truth is that all lives do matter, black people feel they are in jeopardy.

The other controversial topic is the confederate flag. While African Americans feel the flag is a symbol of slavery, white people feel that it is a sign of their heritage. As a country trying to rid the notion of racism, we should respect the opinions of African Americans when they say they are offended by the flag.

While there are many other causes out there for people to fight for, these are mine. I feel as if I was born to be passionate about these topics and in order to actually make a change in today’s society, the first step is to start a conversation.

What are your causes?