Amusement parks Quote by Megan Phelps-Roper

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

— Bob Cousy

I did organize something in high school like a school walkout. These kids were locked up in their school, they weren't allowed out, but…

— Bojana Novakovic

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 went to public school, elementary through high school. I went to homecoming, to football games, pep rallies, I got detention, I got an…

— Raven-Symone

Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could…

— Cab Calloway

The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged - debating - helped shape my interests in public policy.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute I decided…

— Michael Douglas

I came into public life during the 1960s when a whole bunch of us believed in our ability to change the world. And we…

— John F. Kerry

I went to public school my entire life.

— Emma Kenney

Campaigning and elections and local community service was very much part and parcel of my childhood.

— Suella Braverman

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

— Annamie Paul