Colombia Quote by Shakira

I set up my own foundation in my town in Colombia mainly for children too. To put them on a path. To show that…

— Davinson Sanchez

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries.…

— David R. Brower

I got my initiation into the Middle East in 1969 when I went there to teach at the American University in Cairo for two years.

— Lawrence Wright

When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.

— Julia Bacha

I'm not a trained academic. Neither am I a veteran social worker. I was 26 years in the corporate world, trying to make organizations…

— Shukla Bose

Both the Anschutz Foundation and I contribute to numerous organizations that pursue a wide range of causes.

— Philip Anschutz

With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.

— Sally Kirkland

In 2011, after spending a couple of years working at Google, I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to helping to transform education.…

— Luis von Ahn

I founded this school for the masses.

— Atiku Abubakar

The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began…

— Herbert Hoover

I was raised by the state of California, and then various families and mentors.

— Frank Shamrock

I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always…

— Richard Cobden