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To participate, social media users were invited to post "selfie" photographs holding signs displaying the hashtag, and include a short message about why they were participating in the campaign. For more than a decade, Indigenous activists had been seeking a national government inquiry into the
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Indigenous violence but not acknowledging the documented victims. Additionally, social media users said that asking "Am I Next?" suggests that victimhood is inevitable and revokes power from those vulnerable to violence. Sarah
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founded the #AmINext campaign to carry on her cousin's efforts to increase national awareness about violence against
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aired a segment on the campaign, which resulted in international coverage. As of March 2016, the petition on Change.org has received over 300,000 signatures.
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