Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights.
The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.
I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.
I grew up in a country where the environment was very social justice-oriented.
I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way.
I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is.
I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves.