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" I have been working with young people for more than 25 years. "

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" Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. "

" 'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors. "

" There are so many different people doing amazing work across the country that I, in my capacity, definitely want to lift up, because they don't get lifted up that often. "

" So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice. "

" People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth. "

" I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger than Alyssa Milano. Neither one of us should be centered in this work. This is about survivors. "

" We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices. "

" The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time. "

" We have to trust the voices of the community to be in leadership and know what we need for our communities. "

" I don't think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That's just basic common sense. "

" There's a power in empathy. "

" You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane. "

" I didn't start Me Too as a hashtag, and had I had the opportunity to, I probably wouldn't have done it that way. I think that what has happened subsequently has been beautiful to watch, but what concerns me is what all of these survivors are going to do now. "

" In many regards, Me Too is about survivors talking to survivors. "

" Foundations have to think outside the box and maybe expand past the usual suspects that get all of the funding and start thinking about how to reach into communities and support community healing on a more local level. "

" Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too. "

" Social media is so immediate and in your face that I know many people have been helped and many people who have been traumatised by their entire timeline filled with 'me too.' "

" I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated. "

" I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14. "

" Nobody can take you out of something, especially if you're the one who started it. "

" I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in services. There was dearth in resources, and I saw young people - I saw black and brown girls - who are hurting and who needed something that just wasn't there. "

" We want to turn victims into survivors - and survivors into thrivers. "

" I feel the reason people started using 'me too' is there is beauty and power in those words. "

" If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for people to repair what was damaged, I'm not going to just harvest all of those fruits and say, 'You cant have this.' If I have a cure for people, I'm going to share it. "

" I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources are available for them. "

" I'm interested in talking to people and dealing with people who are set and ready for change and action. Who get it. And who are looking for solutions. "

" People need hope and inspiration desperately. But hope and inspiration are only sustained by work. "

" I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma. "