How to give a protest speech

Clips from real-life public demonstrations are used to illustrate ideas for giving a powerful, effective and memorable protest speech. I hope those standing up for justice find something useful here. 00:00 Intro 00:34 1. Grab their attention with a hook 03:10 2. Involve the audience 05:44 3. Share your artistic talent (Note: the rapper at 06:33 is Jasiri X) 07:23 4. Use a simple speech structure 11:03 5. Repeat key phrases 12:02 6. Share your vision 12:56 7. Give a call to action 13:59 8. Know your main point 14:59 9. Publicly pressure decision-makers 15:57 10. Allow your emotions to show 16:22 11. Pause 18:00 12. Honor the cultures present 18:41 13. Get the details right 19:31 14. Introduce yourself 20:20 15. Create a bridge 21:07 16. Be flexible 21:48 17. Look at the audience 22:17 18. Make sure people can hear you 22:39 19. Keep it short 23:25 20. Thank the attendees 24:11 Your ideas? Background Music: Rite of Passage Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sound Effects: Inhale screech by Dasgoat on FreeSound https://freesound.org/people/Dasgoat/sounds/332032/ Bird chirp by Andreas.Mustola on FreeSound https://freesound.org/people/Andreas.Mustola/sounds/338277/ #publicspeaking #activism #protest #protestspeech