All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.

“Good morning,” one of the soldiers said. “I’m Captain Joseph Walker and this is Sergeant James Vanetten. We are members of the One-Hundred-and-First Airborne…

— Shafter Bailey

“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.”

— Shannon L. Alder

Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good.

— Joel Miller

“There is an overflowing grace, for every great work.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The enormity of problems like hunger and social injustice can certainly motivate us to act. We can be convinced logically of the need for…

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

Idea-Advocacy Matrix highlights a couple of things: that good ideas need to be "sold" if they are ever going to see the light of…

— John Daly

“Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly and deceitful attack upon people’s humanity…

— Christina Engela

“The best advocacy is always storytelling.”

— Willie Parker

“Joyfully we undertake our daily work.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“We Lesbian Avengers have built this shrine. It stands for our fear. It stands for our grief. It stands for our rage. And it…

— Kelly J. Cogswell

“You can not protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own,…

— Anonymous

“If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.”

— John Taliaferro

“Justice is not simply argued — it is meticulously prepared, strategically presented, and fearlessly defended.”

— Millennium Chambers

I have no idea what I want to do for a career. But in terms of my advocacy work, I'm definitely going to continue.

— Jazz Jennings

“Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) does not work. Opiate addicts live in our communities and in our families & they work in our businesses.”

— Steven Kassels