Joan Cusack

Mum has always been a huge anti-war activist. She would go off to protest and get arrested. I have her passion, but it is not for politics. I am much more interested in psychology. It's more my job and my natural inclination.

American Actress

Glennon Doyle Melton

I am not, at the end of the day, a mother, a wife, a writer, an activist, a friend. I am a child of God. That's who I was when I came into this world and who I'll be when I leave it. No one can take that from me.

American Author

Holly Near

It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.

American Musician

Iskra Lawrence

No matter what age you are, your voice should be heard, and you can develop a passion for something and be an activist in your own right, in your own field, for something you feel strongly about.

English Model

Jim Crace

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

English Writer

Gina Miller

Entering public life as a woman - be it as a politician, journalist, expert or activist - makes you the target of the most sinister threats, abuse and language.

Guyanese Activist

Naseeruddin Shah

I'm not a political person; I'm not an activist. I'm not a guy with strong beliefs about anything. I have nothing to say to the world.

Indian Actor

Yolanda King

My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister.

American Activist

Karen Bass

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

American Politician

Tom McCall

This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life.

Some people view activists negatively, as they may disrupt the status quo or challenge beliefs.

Not Always Positive

'Activist' can imply different types of activism, like environmental, political, or human rights.

Context Matters

Activists are usually passionate about their cause, often volunteering their time and resources.

Driven By Passion

 she was founding peace organizations, she was coordinating carpools, she was consoling friends -- all these daily acts of care and creativity. And surely, at three and four years old, I was listening to the soothing sound of her voice, but I think I was also getting my first lesson in activist work.

Courtney Martin:...

 Dr. Ma Thida, a leading human rights activist who had nearly died in prison and had spent many years in solitary confinement, told me she was grateful to her jailers for the time she had had to think, for the wisdom she had gained, for the chance to hone her meditation skills.

How the worst moments in...

 For me, being 18 years old and trying to save the world means being a climate activist. Before, maybe it meant studying to be a doctor or a politician or a researcher. But I can't wait to grow up and become one of those things. The planet is suffering,

Xiye Bastida: If you...

 activist who fights passionately against child prostitution when she was 14 years old her grandfather sold her to a brothel she told us of little girls raped by men who believed that having sex with a very young virgin will cure them from aids

Tales of passion -...

 from folks in the communities that are literally on fire right now, I hear folks saying, I had one activist say to me that the pain that he was feeling was too large to fit into his body. And without thinking about it, I said right back,

The path to ending...

 We have to think about how we feel about cures altogether. And a lot of the time the question of parenthood What do we validate in our children, and what do we cure in them? Jim Sinclair, a prominent autism activist, said,

Love, no matter what PIPE...

 i was born and raised in the chaotic streets of mexico city this is jorge kanyes an activist he's standing at an intersection in mexico city wearing a black mask and a cape i was an ordinary citizen until one day

The Guerilla Cyclists of...

 modern social activist globalized YouTube Indonesia and local governments are managing to modify those for the life of our forefathers type Indonesia and actually it works pretty well now

Is invisibility the...

 So it's not only about the system, it's also about us women to drive our own life, I'd say. So I have no clue, really, how I became an activist. And I don't know how I became one now.

A Saudi woman who dared...

 Enter the evidence-based activist, the factivist. Because what the facts are telling us is that the long, slow journey, humanity's long, slow journey of equality,