Edith Naava

“Privilege comes in levels, Brit,” he continued. "You have the privilege he has given you. But you will never have the privilege he has just because he breathes.”
― Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black

“The part of you that knows this to be true is your intuition. It has always been there. We have simply developed a habit of not listening to or trusting what it says. Being here today is a step in healing that broken trust within ourselves.”
― Nicole LePera, How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. —James Baldwin, Remember This House”
― Nicole LePera, How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

“When we allow ourselves to celebrate tiny victories as important and meaningful, we start to understand the incremental nature of change—how one vote can help change our democracy; how raising a child who is whole and loved can help change a nation; how educating one girl can change a whole village for the better.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times