Eugene Puryear Quotes

• I think, by and large, the way big social change happens is every individual person taking on whatever little piece they can take on.

  Eugene Puryear

  Thinking, Pieces, Littles

  Source: www.slate.com

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• 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.

  Eugene Puryear

  Thinking, People, Movement

  Source: www.slate.com

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• 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.

  Eugene Puryear

  Educational, Mean, Issues

  Source: www.slate.com

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• 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.

  Eugene Puryear

  War, School, Ideas

  Source: www.slate.com

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• An hour to one person might be way more than like a week to somebody else.

  Eugene Puryear

  Might, Way, Week

  Source: www.slate.com

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• 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.

  Eugene Puryear

  Thinking, Space, Growth

  Source: www.slate.com

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