Advocacy Quotes

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will" "True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard" "Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds." "The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible" "Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?" "The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat." "Activism is my rent for living on the planet." "I sacrifice myself for the position that I'm in to be able to be a voice for people who wouldn't dare do what I did" "If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's the power of using your voice." "The goal of education should be to enable people to become active and engaged citizens, questioning and organizing against injustices." "To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor" "Pick a movement. Pick a revolution. And join it" "I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard."