A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ”

— Desmond Tutu

“ Who am I to judge? ”

— Pope Francis, 2013

“ Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. ”

— Mae Jemison

“ Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. ”

— Denzel Washington, 2015

“ Hashtags do not start movements. People do. ”

— Alicia Garza

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

— Mari Copeny

“ Truth is powerful and it prevails. ”

— Sojourner Truth

“ Democracy is the best revenge. ”

— Benazir Bhutto, 2007

“ The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. ”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2009

“ Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men. I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better. ”

— Katherine Johnson

“ Love is an action, never simply a feeling. ”

— bell hooks, 2000

“ The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ”

— Alice Walker

“ When one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. ”

— Rosa Parks, 1992

“ There are years that ask questions and years that answer. ”

— Zora Neale Hurston, 1937

“ The only thing that separates women of colour from anyone else is opportunity. ”

— Viola Davis, 2015

“ When I leave this world, I don't want to be remembered as just being good at tennis. I want to be remembered as a good person and a good advocate. ”

— Coco Gauff, 2022

“ I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed, anything that could be counted, I did. ”

— Katherine Johnson

“ 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

“ The very heartbeat of racism is denial. ”

— Ibram X. Kendi, 2020

“ I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. ”

— Angela Davis

“ This is politics for me. This is my life. I had to fight my entire life to get to the place where I could wear a dress to the Oscars. ”

— Billy Porter, 2019