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" Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people. "

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" I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is. "

" If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble. "

" An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. "

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

" As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When one person says, 'Yeah, me, too,' it gives permission for others to open up. "

" There's a power in empathy. "

" I don't work for Hollywood. "

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

" 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. "

" Smoking is definitely not cool anymore, and the folks who have worked against that have done a great job. "

" I'm all about cultivating joy in your life. "

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

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

" I just don't believe that 'no' is always a final answer - unless we're talking about consent. "

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

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

" 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.' "

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

" I have a lot of experience - not just with my 'Me Too' campaign but with survivors disclosing. I know that there is a wave of emotions that happens after that. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've never had a person come to me and say, 'I want to take down this person.' They come and say, 'I need help. This thing is killing me. It's weighing me down. It's sitting in the pit of my stomach.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "