Ory Okolloh Quotes

Social change comes through people.

Sit up, join up, get on line, get in touch, find out who's raising hell and join them. No use waiting on a bunch of wussy politicians.

Where progress has been made, wherever any kind of injustice has been overturned, it’s been because people acted as citizens, and not as politicians. They didn’t just moan. They worked, they acted, they organized, they rioted if necessary to bring their situation to the attention of people in power. And that’s what we have to do today.

The really critical thing isn't who's sitting in he White House, but who is sitting in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in the factories. Who is protesting, who is occupying offices and demonstrating ? - those are the things that determine what happens.

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

There is no power above people power.

It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.

Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn't before possible, new kinds of politics emerge.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.

It is not leaders who make movements; it is movements that make leaders.

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.

A hashtag is not a movement.

The Arab Spring is kind of a perfect model for how people are going to use technology to act collectively in their own interest in the future. There's never been a revolution that was coordinated by social media to the degree that the Arab Spring was.

I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.

We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.

Twitter, it can be said, completely changed the way activism is done, who can participate, and even how we define it.

I don't put work in an art gallery because the next day I want people to march in the streets.

I don't even know what a hashtag is. You don't turn a hashtag into a movement - people turn things into a movement.

Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life.