“Usually, being a volunteer organizer essentially means that I am part of a core base of individuals, that when we start a project - whether it be a big thing like the inauguration or whether it be something that's a longer-term, let's say, educational campaign about a foreign policy issue or a domestic issue - we sit together and we divvy up, and oftentimes it's relevant to different things we do.” MeanDifferentBigsTogetherIndividualTermIssuesPolicyProjectsEducationalCampaignsCoreDifferent ThingsRelevantForeign PolicyVolunteerBig ThingsOrganizerInauguration Author:Eugene Puryear
“I think what drives me is a sense of, well, who is going to do it if you don't do it? I think that one of the things that we've seen over time, especially with progressive social movements, is most of them - it's surprising to people - are sort of driven by that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsSocialMovementDrivenProgressiveSurprisingSocial Movements Author:Eugene Puryear
“I got involved as an activist when I was in high school, around the Iraq war. That's how I got involved. It seemed like, OK, we're going to go to war. It doesn't seem like a good idea. Someone should do something. I'm looking around and, like, I am someone, and I might not be able to do everything, but I can do something.” ShouldI CanIdeasWarSeemsMightAbleSchoolCan DoInvolvedHigh SchoolIraqActivistGood IdeasIraq WarCan Do Something Author:Eugene Puryear
“I think, by and large, the way big social change happens is every individual person taking on whatever little piece they can take on.” ThinkingWayLittlesPersonsBigsHappensIndividualSocialPiecesSocial Change Author:Eugene Puryear
“An hour to one person might be way more than like a week to somebody else.” WayPersonsMightHoursWeek Author:Eugene Puryear
“I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth of more training and leadership spaces.” ThinkingHappensLife IsBlackGrowthSpaceMovementTrainingGreat ThingsBlack Lives Author:Eugene Puryear
