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I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way of life in our culture and we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts.

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., from Selma to Montgomery.

Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.

I grew up in an all-white community.