Randi Weingarten Quotes

A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.

You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?

I'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the work of other local leaders and the Missouri General Assembly - will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.

I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable.

The only way communities will have great schools is if the people demand it.

I've worked in public education for 30 years - as a teacher, a lawyer and union leader. I've visited hundreds of schools and districts. I've seen leaders from the classroom to the national stage who have been willing to set aside their differences and do the hard work that's necessary to create real, enduring change.

Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.

We talk nonstop about what needs to be changed, and everyone has excuses for why the changes can't happen. I believe we must change our educational system first to get the changes moving forward. I'm happy to be a voice and get in front of an audience who can help by making education a priority.

While awareness-building is a crucial first step, cohesive efforts are needed to translate this into real-world change.

I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change.

You know, some things you can't change, but you can start from the youth to change the future.

Change what you are doing; change your world. And if enough people do that, we can change the world.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

If everyone is a changemaker, there's no way a problem can outrun a solution

I want to turn momentum on traffic. I want to make in a dent in homelessness on the way to eradicating it on our streets. But there's always something else to do tomorrow. And you have to be at peace knowing you're not going to finish it all.

We've all got to get together and demand something better out of our government and out of each other. We've got a system that's making us working harder, and isn't giving us satisfaction. We've got to sit down and decide what the hell we really want to be as human beings.

People love seeing people trying to change stuff.

We are one energy. Together we can make a change.

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.

Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If only one out of four of each one hundred of you choose to help on any given day, in any given cause, incredible things will happen in the world you live in.

It is time to stop waiting for someone to save us. It is time to face the truth of our situation - that we're all in this together, that we all have a voice - and figure out how to mobilize the hearts and minds of everyone in our workplaces and communities.

The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.

There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage others to become involved.