High school Quote by Alissa White-Gluz

I always wanted to work in charitable things, community outreach, etc.

— Forrest Griffin

I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round…

— Boots Riley

I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke…

— Peter Paige

I personally spend the majority of my time by far on outreach and education and fundraising and administration.

— James Balog

I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

— Mike Coffman

I was in an organization called Progressive Labor Party and International Committee Against Racism. And I was - I started out helping to organize…

— Boots Riley

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

— Pearl Cleage

Anything I can do to raise awareness and money for charity, I like to do.

— Ian Ziering

I've set up businesses. I've set up charities. I have actually done the work myself.

— Andrea Leadsom

I started a student organization that was basically designed to connect students with homeless folks. We visited them and sometimes brought food, but mostly…

— Matthew Desmond

Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'

— Dolores Huerta

One of my goals is to reinvent philanthropy.

— Peter Diamandis