Edward James Olmos
(1947-)

American Actor, Social Activist
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
2000 Hubert Humphrey Civil Rights Award

birthdate: February 24
birthplace:
East Los Angeles, California

QUOTES

We must come to terms with our responsibility to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger. Our love for life can propel us to share and provide a secure future for the children of our country.

Education is a vaccine for violence.

"What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver."

 

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