“I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as...” — Tarana Burke Quote

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.

The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time.

The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only because they needed a safe space, but because they needed their own space.

I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company.

As much as you try to organize your life, life will surprise you.

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

If you want to remember me, organize!

I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write.

When my mother threw a party, even as a kid, she'd call me in and say, 'Organize it for me.'