#advocacy

The first - the most obvious (test of a true social entrepreneur) - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea... The idea - making it happen across society - is something they are married to in the full sense of the word. One key test of that is this: Is this an idea that you see growing out of their whole life? I get very, very suspicious when I see someone who had an idea two years ago. It just doesn't ring true. Because with the typical entrepreneur you can see the roots of the interest when they're very young. There's a real coherence to people's lives. ↗

— Bill Drayton

#social-change #social-entrepreneurship #change

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#austere #budget #bush #care #education

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter. ↗

— Ann Marie Buerkle

#advocacy #agree #i #issue #life

The option of solicitor advocacy came on the scene a bit too late for me. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#bit #came #late #me #option

Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research. ↗

— Ann Romney

#close #determined #difference #disease #funds

'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.' ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#attitude #believe #i #mine #more

It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet. ↗

— Cybill Shepherd

#advocacy #birth #bringing #closet #field

Obviously these are some exceptional young people, but what they have in common is that they were ordinary people who cared. They wanted to act, to do something, to make life better for other people—and they have. ↗

— Morgan Carroll

#advocacy #government #life

Poverty is not only a lack of money, it's a lack of sense of meaning. ↗

— David Bornstein

#social-change #social-entrepreneurship #change