Ope' Aweda

“Know your powers. The power of your words, of your silence, your mind, your body language, and your body itself. Control them”
― Sonya Teclai

“We can change the laws, but what really needs to change is the culture of sexual violence. That begins with conversations and the strength to speak the truth to power...”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

“Feedback doesn’t tell you about yourself. It tells you about the person giving the feedback. In other words, if someone says your work is gorgeous, that just tells you about *their* taste. If you put out a new product and it doesn’t sell at all, that tells you something about what your audience does and doesn’t want. When we look at praise and criticism as information about the people giving it, we tend to get really curious about the feedback, rather than dejected or defensive.”
― Tara Mohr, Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead

“A man should never be measured by his income.”
― Sonya Teclai