26 Quotes About Advocacy

Advocacy is action intended to bring about reform for the benefit of the particular person, group, or class that is the subject of the advocacy. It can be done by non-violent means like petitioning or voting, or it can be violent like protesting or rioting. In many cases, it is a combination of both. Regardless, advocacy is important because it’s a means through which we can make real change in our world Read more

This set of famous advocacy quotes will inspire you to keep fighting for what you believe in even if the odds are stacked against you.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and...
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth. William Faulkner
It's just as important to be around people that influence...
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It's just as important to be around people that influence stable mental health as it is working towards it. Kierra C.T. Banks
There are people that are to champion the campaign and...
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There are people that are to champion the campaign and advocacy against the cycle of ungodliness and injustice in every nation. Sunday Adelaja
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Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly and deceitful attack upon people’s humanity — but they can put out the correct, factual, scientifically and medically accurate information in an attempt to counter the ignorance and to restore the balance. Christina Engela
Now I think that a true liberal will always prioritize...
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Now I think that a true liberal will always prioritize individuals over the group, will always prioritize heresy over orthodoxy, will always prioritize the dissenting voice over the status quo. Maajid Nawaz
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Great literature will insist upon its self-sufficiency in the face of the worthiest causes Harold Bloom
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Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love anyway. We rise by lifting others. Germany Kent
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Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna had formed a close friendship with Ramon though, visiting him as often as she could. Hanna told me that Ramon's greatest regret was that he wouldn't get to see his daughter grow up. And Jeremy's dad, who had that opportunity, was just throwing it away. It made me furious, and I couldn't let it go. Robin Stevenson
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Though either choice was good, one was truer to myself... Ultimately, I reflected on Geothe's invocation to 'make a commitment and the forces of the universe will conspire to make it happen' and chose the uncharted path. Jacqueline Novogratz
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I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable. Wess Stafford
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There is an overflowing grace, for every great work. Lailah Gifty Akita
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We are destroying all esthetic standards in the name of social justice. Harold Bloom
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It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming in with our own assumptions. Matt Perman
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Denying the facts is what enables people to hate and to persecute marginalized and threatened minority groups. Labeling the advocacy, educational and informational initiatives of these persecuted minority groups dismissively as 'propaganda for the gay agenda' undermines, belittles and trivializes the cause of those whose right to exist is under threat. Christina Engela
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If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues. John Taliaferro
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He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going. Jeffrey Toobin
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What does it mean to be an advocate?
 In its broadest sense, advocacy means “any public action to support and recommend a cause, policy or practice.” That covers a lot of public actions, from displaying
 a bumper sticker to sounding off with a bullhorn. But whether the action is slapping something on the back of a car or speaking in front of millions, every act of advocacy involves making some kind of public statement, one that says, “I support this.” Advocacy is a communicative act. Advocacy is also a persuasive act. “I support this” is usually followed by another statement (sometimes only implied): “..and you should, too.” Advocacy not only means endorsing a cause or idea, but recommending, promoting, defending, or arguing for it. . Unknown
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Advocating well with a personal story is not a call to simply “Insert Story Here. Unknown
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Be an advocate for the people and causes important to you, using the most powerful tool only you have–your personal stories. Unknown
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It’s not by story alone that successful advocates urge others to take action. Advocating with our personal stories takes a specific kind of preparation. It requires practice with elements of persuasion, public speaking, media interview skills and storytelling–not to mention healthy does of fortitude and commitment. Unknown
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Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism. Shannon L. Alder
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As you become your own advocate and your own steward, your life will beautifully transform. Miranda J. Barrett
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When it comes to peace, we need to facilitate peace-makers' personal engagement and their genuine desire to bridge the gap between advocacy knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate between theory and practice in the field of conflict management. Widad Akreyi
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..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems. Muhammad Yunus
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They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I took mine and fell flat on my face. As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce.. I concluded that if I could only nudge the world a little bit, maybe that would be enough. But nudging isn't enough. . Jacqueline Novogratz