The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that … - Audre Lorde

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The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.

Audre Lorde

The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.

Attempt, Break, Bridges, Broken, Differences

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African tradition deals with life as an experience to be lived. In many respects, it is much like the Eastern philosophies in that we see ourselves as a part of a life force; we are joined, for instance, to the air, to the earth. We are part of the whole-life process. We live in accordance with, in a kind of correspondence with the rest of the world as a whole. And therefore living becomes an experience, rather than a problem, no matter how bad or how painful it may be.

Air, Earth, Force, Live, Oneness, Philosophy

Oppression is as American as apple pie.

American, Apple, Apple Pie, Apples, Oppression, Pie

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect. . . . what I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?. . . Death on the other hand, is the final silence. . . my silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.

Believe, Hand, Hands, Protected, Silence, Speaking

. . . my experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.

Dismiss, Labels, People, Use, Usually

. . . and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

Inspirational, Source, Strength, Visibility, Vulnerable

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