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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" I think that women of color use social media to make our voices heard with or without the amplification of white women. I also think that, many times, when white women want our support, they use an umbrella of 'women supporting women' and forget that they didn't lend the same kind of support. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't work for Hollywood. "

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

" The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities. "

" Black women have been screaming about famous predators like R&B singer R. Kelly, who allegedly preys on black girls, for well over a decade to no avail. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 want survivors to know that healing is possible. "