History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think.
People don't need to become more aware of poverty - they need to know how to end it.
America has a critical place to play in the end of extreme poverty.
