A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. ”

— Malala Yousafzai

“ The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. ”

— Gloria Steinem

“ The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you. ”

— Greta Thunberg, 2019

“ Feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. ”

— Emma Watson, 2014

“ Being non-violent is not being a coward. It's one of the most powerful tools because even those who pick up guns are cowards. ”

— Leymah Gbowee, 2011

“ Our greatest threat right now is leaders not taking action in environmental racism and the American water crisis. ”

— Mari Copeny

“ Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist. ”

— Winona LaDuke

“ I wanna see feisty disabled people change the world. ”

— Judith Heumann, 2020

“ Your sexuality and your gender identity are one part of who you are. But it's so important that you focus on who you are and what you want for yourself. ”

— Munroe Bergdorf

“ We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers. ”

— Bayard Rustin

“ Stop assuming we're incompetent. We are talented; we work hard. It's just ableism, the assumption that people with disabilities are inferior, that gets in our way. ”

— Haben Girma, 2019

“ My vision for the Me Too Movement is a part of a collective vision to see a world free of sexual violence, and I believe we can build that world. ”

— Tarana Burke

“ Without strong communities, there is no strong nation. ”

— Rigoberta Menchú

“ If they don't give you a seat at the table, stand on it with a megaphone. ”

— Mari Copeny

“ Abolition is really about rethinking the kind of future we want, the social future, the economic future, the political future. It's about revolution, I would argue. ”

— Angela Davis, 2020

“ No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality. ”

— Emma Watson, 2014

“ Hashtags do not start movements. People do. ”

— Alicia Garza

“ My disability is not something I've had to overcome. I'm still Deafblind. The biggest barrier I face is ableism. ”

— Haben Girma, 2019

“ We are beginning to understand that the world is always being made fresh and never finished; that activism can be the journey rather than the arrival. ”

— Grace Lee Boggs

“ If not me, who, if not now, when. ”

— Emma Watson, 2014

“ Sí, se puede. ”

— Dolores Huerta, 1972