Janet Mock Quotes

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

... a legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women—with men relating to that the best they can.

It is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. That's on all of us. That's on all of us.

I often think of Audre Lorde and her saying that we don't live and we don't fight for one specific struggle.

We at the Women's March tried intersectionality, and we were the group that said we're going to do it right, and we're going to defy our women-of-color elders who told us, 'We did this with the white woman before, and it doesn't work.'

When I talk, it shouldn't just be black girls listening.

Most of all, we should remember all of us are capable of individually helping advance the spirit of equality for all.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.

Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good.

My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I hope that my writing won't be affected too much by my personal life.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.

Advocacy is a faith commitment to be part of God's plan for a just world - a world where each person's dignity and worth is valued. A world where everyone has a say in decisions that affect their lives.

I do feel a responsibility to try and raise awareness and to help tell the stories of those who may not otherwise have a voice.

The real power of any movement is how we work together with other social justice movements.

We must make sure #MeToo breaks the race, class, gender, and faith lines that make it so hard for marginalized people to be heard.

This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because I'm seeing things happen to people that don't have a voice: people that don't have a platform to talk and have their voices heard and affect change. So I'm in the position where I can do that, and I'm going to do that for people that can't.

I consider myself a social justice person.

Everybody in the working class is important, whether you're black or white and that's what I want them to feel and know from Our Revolution.

I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.

Black people come in so many different bodies, genders, and sexualities, so it's important that we're conscious of that so we can fight for a world that embraces and uplifts black people of every kind. Our voices are powerful and have the ability to make change.

We, as communities that are marginalized, need to open up our minds and realize that we should be asking and advocating for more of everyone. Let's get more gay black men; let's get more trans women.

Asian-Americans are fighting for space and fighting for visibility and for acceptance.

I founded the 'me too' movement in 2006 because I wanted to find a way to connect with the black and brown girls in the program I ran.