Think of an organization or cause you consider important. How many of those involved could be described as "ordinary people"? What do they contribute?

Well here, I think I need to clarify that what this question means by "ordinary people" is people that are pasive.  You know, people that just listen and follow orders; they don't really have ideas of their own.  Issac, from the Old Testament, was a person like this.  When I was in a women's music fraternity, I probably could think of maybe a couple or a few people that would just kind of sit back and watch what happens, possibly myself included, mainly because I didn't have all that much experience with funraising ideas and business like that.  Sure, I had a job in the group, and I did well with that, but that would take me off topic right now.  People that are seen as "ordinary people"  don't really contribute a lot.  If they continue to be like this, they may find themselves less likely moving up in the world.  In short, "ordinary people" nned to take some initiative and I know that is something that I need to and am continuing to work on now.