Michael Tubbs Quotes

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

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

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

Activism has been very productive in our society.

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.

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

Activism is in my DNA.

If you want change, and you want things to get better across the country, there's different ways to go about it.

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

Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.

There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.

I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction.

I'm an activist; I have to be angry all the time. That's what we do!

I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.

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

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 was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

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

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.