Quotes About Advocacy

I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.

I am working on getting the word out about the different ways that everyone can contribute to the ASPCA, and help the animals live a happy and healthy life.

My husband was adopted, and we had difficulty having both of my children, so we know the gift that life is. We do believe marriage is between a man and a woman. It's how you stand on that kind of thing or how you vote that really makes a difference.

We fight people daily for respect, for our rights and for our dignity.

When male allies make space for women, they're not diminishing their own power. Rather, they're enhancing everyone's.

We definitely have to support other female directors because there's not enough of us.

I have come to fight for peace, and I will not give my hand to those who try to turn the word 'peace' into a dirty one.

Many people may automatically associate breast cancer with women only, but that is a huge misconception because this disease does not discriminate.

We continue to work on policy to end discrimination against people with criminal records.

We must create a committee to address the long-standing discrimination against black people in America.

Going forward, I am focused on rooting out discrimination against those living with HIV/AIDS.

We have to take a greater stand against discrimination of all kinds.

If someone is being misogynistic, you have to name it. It's not convenient to talk about discrimination, but if you don't do it, you allow it to exist. So you have to name it.

I'm a mental-health advocate big time, so I think it's great when depression is a thing that's discussed out in the open, because it's still way too stigmatized.

Fifty-nine cents. For years, I wore a button - '59 cents.' Many of my colleagues wore it also. The purpose was so that people would come up and ask, 'What does '59 cents' mean?' One could then launch into a discussion about how women working full time in the U.S. earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.

I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

I'd like to get away from diseases of the week.

It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can.

I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience.

Actors become disposable. I feel female actors have to back each other.

Even though we may focus first on the rights of our own country, that does not mean that we should disregard the rights of everyone else.

I don't want our right to be able to speak and dissent to be taken away.

When it comes to fighting for progress in Boston, there's a long history of people in power trying to label advocacy and hard work as being political in order to avoid accountability and distract from community demands for better leadership.