Quotes About Advocacy

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

Trans women of color dangerously fall in between the cracks of racial justice, feminist and LGbt movements.

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day, let us rededicate ourselves to making that a reality.

The claim that American women are downtrodden and unfairly treated is the fraud of the century.

Struggles only move forward when decent men and women step forward and say, 'enough is enough and no more.'

I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist. I really think it's important that people know that the women in this industry are empowered. They run it, man. It's awesome.

I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion.

Women's rights must not be the sacrifice by which peace is achieved.

Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.

It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.

If the numbers we see in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the entire country would be up in arms, and it would be the lead story on the news every night.

It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.

... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.

Woman's cause is one and universal.

Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn't make it right.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

I've kind of always had this soft spot in my heart for the homeless community, mainly homeless kids who live on the streets.

Part of my role and part of my job is to shine a spotlight on issues that need that spotlight, whether it's people, whether it's causes, issues, whatever it is.

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

There's many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the issue that no one else named - to spotlight it, to advocate for it. That's where all advocacy begins. I've asked different questions. I've raised different issues.

Often in the past, when we have had a deaf person in the spotlight, we have been portrayed badly. It was up to me to change that.

Yeah, I think that's the best part of being nominated and receiving awards is whatever you care about that you have given time to, have served different people, you get to spotlight and highlight that.