n. another great quote
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February 22, 2009, 2:19 pm
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Filed under: n. another great quote | Tags: campaign, campus organizer, canvass, canvassing, Environment America, fellow, FFPIR, Fund for Public Interest Research, grassroots, Green Corps, Nader, non-partisan, organizer, organizing, PIRG, politics, StudentPIRG, StudentPIRGs, the Fund for Public Interest Research, the State PIRGs, US PIRG
From the FFPIR.info website:
“There is no sin in making a living changing the world. There is no sin in being able to eat, and pay your rent, and go to sleep at night without worrying if the power is going to be shut off tomorrow. Activists who eat, who get sleep, who have a place to live, and know that they can put gas in their car (for however long we have it) tend to do much better work than activists who are starving, hungry and poor. It’s the Rockefellers who have sold activists on the notion that you have to be poor, and that’s for the precise purpose of making you ineffective.”
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Comment by Amber March 2, 2009 @ 2:54 pmDon’t pay for your electricity any longer…
Instead, the power company will pay YOU!
What I love most about this quote is that during my time with PIRG I actually found it hard to pay for my rent, gas, etc., because I was expected to shell out 100s of dollars for the campaign. Of course it would take at least 6 weeks for me to be reimbursed. That’s not to mention that PIRG staff don’t make anything to begin with.
Comment by Nemo April 6, 2009 @ 8:55 amHi. I’m writing a satire and I was wondering if you still have your rap sheet? I worked for the PIRGs oh gosh, years and years ago but they haven’t changed. If you do have one, or if anyone stopping by this blog has one, please mail me. Thanks!
Comment by Elizabeth November 15, 2009 @ 8:46 amOh gosh, I wish I did! I’ll do some digging/asking around.
Comment by burnedoutbypirg November 29, 2009 @ 7:31 pmSorry, subscribing to follow-up comments…
Comment by Elizabeth November 15, 2009 @ 8:47 am