Angela Rye Quotes

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

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.

We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.

Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

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

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

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

People don't stay mobilized.

We are at the point where we can mobilize all of this righteous indignation into a powerful mass movement.

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

I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.

I think that we should remember that social change can happen when people join together with some strength.

No one can escape politics. We are all in it. Even if we shy away from it, I just decide to embrace it. And I try to be an ally for other fights.

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

It's about cultural forums and movements and collectives of people taking a stand. That's all activism is.

One doesn't have to be an activist and start a movement.

I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of country that we see is the most important thing.

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

You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.

I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

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.