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" 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. "

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

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

" These movements aren't about anger. We're not angrily saying 'Black Lives Matter.' We're declaring it. It's a declaration. We want to be seen as robust, full human beings that have anger and have joy. We want to be able to just freely have that joy. Like everybody else does. "

" I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company. "

" Social media is not a safe space. "

" I wish men would stop telling me how they are not 'bad guys,' how they're 'an exception to the norm.' "

" We use a term called 'empowerment through empathy.' And 'Me Too' is so powerful, because somebody had said it to me - right? - and it changed the trajectory of my healing process once I heard that. "

" Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love. "

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

" I founded the 'me too' movement in 2006 because I wanted to find a way to connect with the black and brown girls in the program I ran. "

" 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 come together and speak honestly about what the barriers are within our community - and then tear them down. It's really that simple. "

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

" 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.' "

" What does justice look like for a survivor? It'll mean different things to different communities. "

" Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that. "

" If we don't center the voices of marginalized people, we're doing the wrong work. "

" What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy. "

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

" The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each other and saying, 'I see you. I support you. I get it.' "

" When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are. "

" There are a series of emotions that most survivors go through after disclosing. It starts with feeling great, like the weight on your shoulders has been lifted, and then you're alone with your thoughts, like, 'Why did I do that?' And then, what about the person who gets backlash? "

" Part of the job is to find out what they need. #MeToo is about helping people find those resources. "

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

" I've done work in every area of social justice you can think of, but I've been highly focused on young people and then specifically black and brown girls. "

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

" The world doesn't realise I have a regular job! "

" At the start of my career - not just Me Too, which is not the totality of my career - I wish I would have known that you don't have to sacrifice everything for a cause. And that self-care and self-preservation is also a tool that is necessary to do the work. "