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There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but it's more about an ongoing, sustained engagement in issues, networks and communities about which people care.

Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.

My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty.

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence.

If people want to protest, to get out there and express themselves, as long as they do it peacefully, they should be encouraged to do so.

As soon as something happens to us in America, everyone begins talking about healing. But before you heal, you have to mourn.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

This is America. Anyone is free to protest about anything they want.