Noelle Stevenson Quotes

I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table.

In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume.

It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.

I'm Puerto Rican, but I represent everybody.

I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices.

We need to reach out to more Canadians to show them that they could see themselves reflected in our party.

I think my main mantra of TanaCon is just being inclusive. It's for everyone. It's young and it's fun.

I like the idea of a broader range of people feeling seen.

You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.

For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back.

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

The time for invisible boundaries that guard the 'purity' of gaming as a niche subculture is over. The violent macho power fantasy will no longer define what gaming is all about.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.

Yes, I am the first Latino poet laureate in the United States. But I'm also here for everyone and from everyone. My voice is made by everyone's voices.

We're just welcoming people to our city.

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

Open a door for the disaffected of your State to come in.

While books expand horizons by exposing us to worlds outside our own, children also need to see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in books they read. Unfortunately, for too many children, this is not the norm.

If everyone in your class has heroes, and they can relate to them in textbooks and literature, and then you don't see any of your heritage there, you feel less than. And I always wanted to be able to make Latin kids like myself feel more than.

I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more.

I want to make sure there are no gatekeepers at the AG's door, and that anybody in the Department - they may have to come relatively late in the evening, just judging by the schedules to date - but if somebody has suggestions for how to make this a better department, that they know I am available.