In most cases, I think extraordinary people should focus on the area of altruism in which they’re extraordinary and leave the funding situation to work itself out later. When your basic needs are not met and security is something unheard of, you simply cannot think global. Premium Digital. Think, instead, of building a career that will satisfy your long-term need for cash in the easiest and most enjoyable way congruent with your values. Since nearly all of these positions will be filled by someone , much of the work that Alice does with one of those organizations would have been done by someone else in her place. Urban social justice activists , professional NBA players, community activists , political progressives, criminal justice reform activists , journalists,…. Any work that aims to protect the environment can be seen as the work of an activist.