As I look back on the work of past social justice heroes such as, Mohandas Gandhi, Malcolm X, Dorothy Day, and Martin King Jr., and the social justice movements I have grown up to see, such as the LGBT community and the Black Lives Matter movement, I tend to ponder how those individuals and movements were able to make such an impact on society. What were their methods and what tools did they use to get such attention nationally and internationally? I ask these questions because I aspire to help individuals who are facing social injustice by those around them and/or by a higher authority as well. Yet, how can I accomplish this? It’s a matter of looking at what can make me out to be a “hero” of social justice, how I can be a “hero” now as a student at the University of Mount Union, and how I can carry out the knowledge that I’ve been passed down through the university. With these elements pulled together, one can find the answer of what it means to be their own “hero”.…