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- Nov 07, 2020
Community Quotes
Community is built, not just found.
These quotes cover community at different scales - a performer discovering their craft through local theater, the identity and security that comes from a shared racial or cultural community, and comedians building connection through shared inside jokes. Related reading in Communities Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been an activist, so my participation in community outreach and helping is just a natural extension of that.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd already been doing work in the community... But when it comes to how to actually amplify your voice, when I saw what Colin Kaepernick did and the amount of coverage and conversation around it, that's when I truly realized how much influence we have as athletes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
- Craziest
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Environmental justice, for those of you who may not be familiar with the term, goes something like this: no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government should promote community nurseries of mangrove species and other appropriate tree species chosen under the coastal bio-shield and agro-forestry programmes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Jewish people are very diverse, and I believe this rich tapestry of identities and experiences strengthens our community.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
We in the Jewish community must ask ourselves what role we are going to play in changing policies and practices that discriminate against LGBT Americans. We have a special responsibility and civic duty to ensure that all Americans are treated with dignity and equality.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my work with young Jewish adults in the gay community, I hear their stories of discrimination, of struggling for acceptance, of feeling invisible not for what they have done but simply for who they are.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Across the Jewish community, the MLK Shabbat Suppers are part of Repair the World's multi-year effort to mobilize Jews across the nation to serve as tutors, mentors, and college access coaches for public school children.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Jewish community that is diverse and openly embraces all who seek to lead actively Jewish lives will be a Jewish community that is stronger and more enduring for generations to come.
- Gatherings
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- Nov 07, 2020