Joey Skaggs Quotes

You don't need role models to be part of a social movement as long as you care about the issues.

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Activists set the agenda for the practitioners.

I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question what's going on and to try to fix things that you see that aren't right. I believed that as a young person, and I believe that today.

Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act.

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 think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

I've never lived through a moment in history where people are using their voices and becoming strong advocates for what they believe in.

As an organizer, I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be - it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be. That means working in the system.

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.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

It's so important to get your voice heard, get out there, support what you believe in and what you wanna fight for.

Activism is in my DNA.

You don't have to be a professional athlete to be heard - the most powerful tool you have is your voice.

Whether you want to do a letter-writing campaign or a march or start a social media hashtag - whatever it is - know that there are people out there that are thinking exactly like you're thinking and are also afraid to take that next and very important step.

You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.

If you're passionate about it, speak up about it. Just show up, do your part, and make your voice heard, because at the end of the day, all we have is our voice and our platforms and our character.

We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.

Right now everyone is able to have a real voice and have it be nice and loud. Being loud is a really important thing right now. It's an amazing thing to watch. It's important because making noise makes change.

This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world. Dissent is not only your right, it's your duty.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.