Activist

I have 10 brothers and sisters. My mother raised us because my father died when I was 8.

While the One Child Policy has been effective in drastically reducing Chinese birth rates, the measures adopted in its name have required exhaustive, violent, insidious and systemic violations of human rights.

At the moment of greatest love, there is greatest fear, and at the moment of enormous repression, there is resistance, and therefore a chance at revolutionary change.

Look, my mother's not a welfare woman. She certainly had plenty of help. But there's no substitute for a husband and partner.

The modern military justice system is by design a body incapable of blind justice.

I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.

The struggle for human rights is at its core a struggle for human dignity.

The time of day when there was quiet and serenity was every night when we gathered in my parents' bedroom and knelt down together and prayed.

Wangari Maathai was a mighty woman, creative, fearless, and full of love.

Chevron's failure to adhere to basic standards of decency undermines the credibility of our capitalist model and diminishes confidence that our judicial system can serve the poor as well as the rich.

In a sense, all of us have the capacity to be courageous.

There were times I should have been completely emotionally available to my kids and I wasn't there, even for reading a book with them or watching TV or tucking my daughter into bed.

We need autocracies and failing democracies alike to understand that they cannot scapegoat LGBT citizens to distract from their own shortcomings.

Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength.

A mentor is someone with a willingness to help others, who has a capacity to inspire, a determination to work hard, a clear sense of vision, an inspiring purpose, a deep sense of integrity and an appreciation for joy.

Throughout Africa, as in much of the world, women are responsible for tilling the fields, deciding what to plant, nurturing the crops, and harvesting the food. They are the first to be aware of environmental damage that harms agricultural production.

Every time you say 'I don't want to hear it' when someone is going to tell an ethnic joke, or every time you help somebody cross the street or put money in the bucket in your place of worship, you're making a difference.

In the RFK Center's Speak Truth to Power program, we are working with schools across the United States and in countries like Italy, Cambodia and Sweden to turn every student into a defender.

I come from a military family, where service is seen as a badge of honor.

We must permanently reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban and the restrictions on high capacity magazines.