Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Fred Ross

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Fred Ross.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Fred Ross

Fred Ross was an American community organizer. He founded the Community Service Organization (CSO) in 1948, which, with the support of the Industrial Areas Foundation, organized Mexican Americans in California. The CSO in San Jose, CA gave a young Cesar Chavez his first training in organizing, which he would later use in founding the United Farm Workers. Ross also trained the young Dolores Huerta in community organizing.

1910 - 1992
Attention is the opium of the people
A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.
Organizing is providing people with the opportunity to become aware of their own capabilities and potential. — © Fred Ross
Organizing is providing people with the opportunity to become aware of their own capabilities and potential.
An organizer is a leader who does not lead but gets behind the people and pushes.
Just because something causes you to have a feeling of aesthetic beauty does not make it a work of art.
Reminding is the essence of organizing.
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