Justice For Michael Allen

Ask yourself .. am I backing a CAUSE? Or am I backing an INDIVIDUAL? Let’s take corruption, for example. When you focus only on one person affected by corruption, you may help that situation temporarily, but the underlying system or behavior causing it continues. Fighting corruption as a cause can prevent future victims from suffering the same injustice. When advocacy centers on a single individual, others who are also suffering—perhaps quietly or without public attention—might be overlooked. Movements that stand for principles rather than personalities bring people together. It also prevents personalization & bias. Individuals can be flawed or have complex situations. A cause, on the other hand, is about values—like integrity, justice, and transparency—which are universal and harder to discredit. Does your advocacy depend on whether an individual is likable? Good looking? Wealthy? Free of a prior criminal history? Would you still be an advocate if the individual is hateful? Ugly? Poor? Cheated on their spouse? If your focus is on fixing what happened to one person, you’re supporting a story. If your focus is on preventing it from happening again, you’re supporting a cause.