Shaun King Quotes

There's no shortage of great young activists.

I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government.

I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14.

I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing, and activities on the ground, that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power throughout which you bring about redistributive change. And in some ways, we still suffer from that.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.

I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.

I love TV, I love writing, but I love movements more.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

Young people have so much more power than they tend to think to be able to affect politics. And if people will organize and get involved and go out and knock on doors and hand out leaflets and make a change, then they can determine the future.

Activism has been very productive in our society.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.

Change never comes from the White House. It comes from your house and my house.

Activists set the agenda for the practitioners.