36 Quotes from Black

Activists to Get Us

Through the Night

36 Quotes

from Black

Activists to

Get Us Through the

NightPresented by….Tonya GJ PrinceWESurviveAbuse.comTonyaGJPrinceMedia.com

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Dear Community,

Surely, it will take more than quotes to get us through.

But then again, every time that I have been in need I distinctly recall even minor acts of kindness that were extended.

I also noticed the silence.

Having been a person who has dwelled in the wilderness, I know that it takes a combination of tools to simply survive. Perhaps you can use these quotes along with other healing and self care methods.

I wish you peace, wellness, and justice,

Tonya GJ Prince of WESurviveAbuse.com TonyaGJPrinceMedia.com

He who passively accepts evil is

as much involved in it as he

who helps to perpetrate it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have learned over the years that

when one's mind is made up, this

diminishes fear; knowing what

must be done does away with

fear. -Rosa Parks

Human beings cannot

be willed and molded

into non-existence.

-Angela Davis

Don't agonize, organize.

-Florynce Kennedy

We may encounter many

defeats but we must not

be defeated.

– Maya Angelou

Nobody is as powerful as

we make them out to be.

-Alice Walker

Don't be afraid to feel as

angry or as loving as

you can, because when

you feel nothing, it's just

death. -Lena Horne

Men can starve from a

lack of self-realization as

much as they can from

a lack of bread.

-Richard Wright

Men who are in earnest are

not afraid of consequences. -

Marcus Garvey

I get angry about

things, then go

on and work.

-Toni Morrison

Hate is too great a burden to

bear. It injures the hater more

than it injures the hated. -

Coretta Scott King

Nothing in the world is

more dangerous than

sincere ignorance and

conscientious stupidity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love makes your soul crawl out

from its hiding place.

-Zora Neale Hurston

Shallow understanding from people of good

will is more frustrating than absolute

misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter From

Birmingham City Jail

Truth is on the side of

the oppressed.

–Malcolm X

Prayer begins where

human capacity ends. -

Marian Anderson

The thing that makes

you exceptional, if you

are at all, is inevitably

that which must also

make you lonely. -

Lorraine Hansberry

Somebody once said we

never know what is

enough until we know

what's more than

enough. Billie Holiday

You don't have to teach people

how to be human. You have to

teach them how to stop being

inhuman. Eldridge Cleaver

You don't make progress by standing on the

sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You

make progress by implementing ideas. -

Shirley Chisholm

Grab the broom of anger

and drive off the beast of

fear. -Zora Neale

Hurston

A lot of people refuse to do things

because they don't want to go

naked, don't want to go without

guarantee. But that's what's got

to happen. You go naked until

you die. -Nikki Giovanni

Nobody's free until

everybody's free.

-Fannie Lou Hamer

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would

be crunched into other people's fantasies

for me and eaten alive.

-Audre Lorde

I've learned that people will

forget what you said, people

will forget what you did, but

people will never forget how

you made them feel.

-Maya Angelou

Your silence will not

protect you. -Audre Lorde

There are still

many causes

worth

sacrificing for,

so much

history yet to

be made.

-Michelle

Obama

When I dare to be powerful - to

use my strength in the service

of my vision, then it becomes

less and less important

whether I am afraid. -Audre

Lorde

You're not obligated to

win. You're obligated to

keep trying to do the

best you can every day.

-Marian Wright Edelman

Never be afraid to sit

awhile and think. -

Lorraine Hansberry

Struggle is a never ending process.

Freedom is never really won, you earn

it and win it in every generation. -

Coretta Scott King

We have to talk about

liberating minds as well

as liberating society. -

Angela Davis

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of

truth upon them – Ida B. Wells

Those who commit the murders write the

reports- Ida B Wells

Somebody must show the that the Afro-

American race is more sinned against than

sinning….-Ida B. Wells

The most common way

people give up their

power is by thinking

they don't have any.

-Alice Walker

Honey, as long

as you are in

motion, expect

to encounter

resistance.

~Shelia Gunn

(my Mama)

I am not going to die,

I'm going home like a

shooting star.

-Sojourner Truth

With over 22 years of service, Tonya GJ Prince is an expert in both domestic and sexual violence issues.

Her specific service emphasis has been dedicated to, crisis counseling, education, centering the voices of

victims and cross-cultural empathy and understanding.

Tonya is an author, activist, advocate, Survivor, speaker, counselor, & mentor.

She has been recognized by women leaders in the community for her work as the founder of the not-for-profit

charity Braid the Ladder.

Her personal healing recipe includes the teachings and values of her Faith, her culture, womanism, storytelling,

music, select wise counsel, special friends, family and fellow activists/Survivors.

Tonya GJ Prince holds a BS in Organizational Management & Development from Bluefield College.

Contact:WESurviveAbuse.comTonyaGJPrinceMedia.comInfo (at) WE SurviveAbuse (dot) com. 720-593-9462

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