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" We should collectively be talking to children - as young as kindergarten - about what consent looks like. "

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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. "

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

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

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

" The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only because they needed a safe space, but because they needed their own space. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore. "

" 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.' "

" For every Harvey Weinstein, there's three or four thousand other pastors, coaches, teachers, uncles, cousins, and stepfathers who are committing the same crimes. We have to keep that in focus and we have to keep talking about it. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be about famous white women has everything to do with who the media places attention on. "

" Everybody has a lane. Everybody has something that they can contribute. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I don't work for Hollywood. "

" We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do. "

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