Hannah Alper
Hannah Alper (born ) is a Canadian activist, blogger, and journalist who was active in those fields before her teens. Personal life A Jewish-Canadian, Hannah Alper was born in to Candace and Eric Alper. In 2013, her mother worked "helping children in their community through social programs and summer camps and music therapy" and her father worked for eOne Music Canada while founding a charity to buy hearing aids for children in need. In 2020 the family was living in the Toronto suburb of Richmond Hill, Ontario. Activism In July 2012, Alper launched her blog—Call Me Hannah—where she spoke about causes important to her: animal welfare, habitat destruction, and the natural environment; within the year, her blog had received 100,000 page-views. By 2020 she had expanded her advocacy to anti-bullying and "kindraising", what she described as "changing our communities and the world through kindness." At the same time, her blog had "a huge following", accumulated 40000 Twitter followers, 13000 Instagram followers, and earned her an interview by George Stroumboulopoulos. Alper has given a motivational speech for ME to WE, served as an ambassador for Free the Children, spoken at the World Wildlife Fund's Toronto event for Earth Hour, and raised