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" Sexual harassment does bring shame. "

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

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

" There is always a way to get what you need, and I really believe in taking what you have to make what you need. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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

" Men need to help reshape the conversation around consent. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

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" 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.' "

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