Phoebe Robinson Quotes

When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.

I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.

I have always felt my role was to do anything I could to enable the powerless to speak. I want America to hear these voices because they are beautiful voices.

I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody?

You have to stick up for what you believe in. And that, to me, is the biggest thing you can do about driving inclusion.

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

I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.

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.

I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.

I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus.

I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.

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.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

At the end of the day, what I have is the power to give a louder voice to people who have issues, questions and problems.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

In creating my YouTube videos, I don't want to speak for my audience and the people I represent; I want to amplify their voices.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

The State shall ensure gender balance and fair representation of marginalized groups on all constitutional and other bodies

America must be a nation in which its multiracial people are partners in power.

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

I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want us to be put in a box. I want it to be kind of a redefinition of who were are. If I can even achieve that in a tiny way, I'll be good. I'll be good.

I want to be in everything, but that's because I haven't seen someone who looks like me in everything. I want to play a superhero. I want to be the love interest. I want to write my own stuff and create my own projects. I want to be in French films.