90 Quotes by Tarana Burke

Foundations have to think outside the box and maybe expand past the usual suspects that get all of the funding and start thinking about how to reach into communities and support community healing on a more local level.

There are so many different people doing amazing work across the country that I, in my capacity, definitely want to lift up, because they don't get lifted up that often.

I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company.

You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane.

I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14.

The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time.

I've done work in every area of social justice you can think of, but I've been highly focused on young people and then specifically black and brown girls.

We have to trust the voices of the community to be in leadership and know what we need for our communities.

I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.