Awareness Quote by DeRay Mckesson

To me, activism requires you to try very hard to open your eyes to the world as it is. See as much as you…

— Bill Ayers

Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to…

— Thomas Sowell

“Political awareness without activism means looking at the devastation, your face turned toward the center of things. Activism can generate hope because in itself…

— Rebecca Solnit

Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.

— DeRay Mckesson

What we all have to know is the struggle is long. It's long. It may not end in our lifetimes. But the struggle is…

— Eve Ensler

Going through intense change with an ignorant and apathetic citizenry, driven by a corporate agenda, is a really, really scary proposition. But going into…

— Tim DeChristopher

Activism has been very productive in our society.

— Anonymous

Where cultural representations do not reach out beyond themselves, there is the danger that they will function as the surrogates for activism, that they…

— Angela Davis

As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing.

— Serj Tankian

Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

— Duncan Green

There are some political issues where mainstream press attention only hurts. We think about activism as being this generic model of consciousness-raising, then hopefully…

— Rachel Maddow

My platform for activism is my music, and the issue I am working to address is child marriage. Everyone can find an issue that…

— Sonita Alizadeh