Sunil Yapa Quotes

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.

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

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

We're told, 'If you want to change the world, vote.' And really, if you want to change the world, there's a lot more things that you can do.

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

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

Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf of political prisoners, the power of telling stories is usually what causes change.

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

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

Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.

I want to be an activist professor.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

If you don't like what's going on, you have to get involved.

The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community.

I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives.

I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.

I just want to use my voice and my platform to help people. Whether it be political or therapeutic.

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

To see that I have this huge platform now, and so many people are listening to what I have to say, it really makes me want to orientate toward something that would really educate people, create awareness, do something more than just show them a cute outfit or what I'm having for lunch.

We have a big platform we can use to make change in this country. It starts with going home to our own cities and making change there. It starts with encouraging people to vote and using our platform to talk to people with power in this country to create change.

You can complain about problems, and you can suffer from the ramifications of issues that are social in nature and impact you, but the best thing you can do is get off your couch, get out of your home and go do something about it.

Regardless of how much media coverage will be received, talking and raising awareness about social injustice isn't enough.