“We are not safe and secure when the government uses us as pawns to per...” — Chelsea Manning Quote

We are not safe and secure when the government uses us as pawns to perpetrate violence against others. Our safety and security will come when we organize, love, and resist together.

There is a difference between a consumer - who passively receives the information that they are spoon fed - and a citizen - who engages with society, asks questions, does research, and works towards making a difference in their neighborhood, city, and country.

Freedom used to be something that I dreamed of but never allowed myself to fully imagine.

Being closeted often put me in situations where I couldn't concentrate or even think straight.

I do not organize my private life with an eye to my career.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come to us and say, 'Help us organize something.' We go out into the community, and we bring the skills to a group of people to organize themselves.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

Time and time again, organizers have proved that when we work together, when we organize together, that we can win.