Marley Dias Quotes

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.

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

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.

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

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

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.

It was clear to us that social movements and activism can only take us so far in our mission.

I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.

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

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

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

I think we should focus more, rather than less, on mobilising the middle classes. They often have a bit of time and money to contribute to change.

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

We're trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That's who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. We're awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela.

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

Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.

Activism has been very productive in our society.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

As to politics, I am doing what I can for the cause.

Social change comes not only from the courtroom, but from talking to the media.

You have to get an individual who's willing to actually struggle with the system to change it. As long as you have people who - to make substantive changes, to make infrastructure changes.

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

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