Jurnee Smollett Quotes

From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we're bombarded by requests to be 'aware' of one thing or another.

If I can raise attention to a cause, I will.

I am a charity campaigner.

I'm always keen to have more training as a charity patron.

When I was in high school, I started organizing fundraisers and other events for people like PETA and Greenpeace.

If I were to be Miss Universe, I will use my voice to influence the youth and I would raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness that is timely and relevant to my country which is the Philippines.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I want to get involved in causes I believe in, and I know so many others that want to also get involved, but it's hard to know how. Often, it's through big organisations, and you don't know exactly where your money is going or what effect you are having.

You know, my background, I was at a non-profit for years.

Civil society must be strengthened to help raise awareness among people living with HIV, and those at risk, of their rights, and to ensure they have access to legal services and redress through the courts.

I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.

I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the merch booth. I have donated a dollar-a-ticket, or the entire guarantee, to different causes. I have registered voters. I have played on behalf of political candidates.

India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.

Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up.

But there are many, and I'm a supporter of a great deal of charities.

Mainly, I have actually been getting involved with an organization called MALDEF. It's a Latino organization. And I would like to get involved with charities that have to do with children or homelessness or education, or all of them together.

I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.

I'm talking to friends so we can do something to create awareness to try to help children in Africa.

Becoming a campaign representative for the somewhereto_ re:store campaign was a simple choice.

Charity fundraising galas have always been a wonderful way to support a myriad of causes.

As Miss South Africa, I cannot wait to make a contribution to important social causes.

I encourage my fans to get involved, whether it's just educating yourself on premature birth, or you can donate or volunteer.

I'm on the board of trustees at Boston University. I'm on the board of trustees at Jewish Family Services.