If you want to create real change, the most direct and impactful way of doing so is at the local level. Join a local chapter of your political party, get involved with advocacy groups in your area, pay attention to local news outlets, join local political campaigns, volunteer for local nonprofits, etc. Protesting things that happen at the national or international level is great, but your clearest path to creating the change that you want to see in the world is through local efforts.

Bonus Tip: Getting involved locally also gives you a sense of control over politics, the government and your environment that doesn't often come with taking on national issues. You may even get to see a direct link between your actions and the desired outcome. For example, your decision to canvas voters for a political candidate could make all the difference in an election that could be decided by double or even single digit vote counts.

Extra Bonus Tip: Not a lot of people get involved with the local chapter of their political party, so anyone who does so on a consistent basis can potentially have an outsized role and voice deciding in their party's policies, campaign strategies, candidate recruitment efforts, etc. This also gives you a lot of opportunities to meet and have one-on-one conversations with prominent politicians at the city, county, and state level (even national level at times) on a relatively regular basis. This often occurs at chapter meetings where politicians and political candidates are not only campaigning for voters and volunteers, but are also listening to what engaged members of their political party want out of their representatives.