Meena Harris Quotes

Meena Harris

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : October 20, 1984

We have a duty to show up in the world with meaning and purpose and commitment to doing good. And to use any privilege that we have to make positive change and to disrupt oppressive systems.

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We must continue to raise our voices until there is full accountability, including police reform, as well as justice for us all and not just a privileged few.

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I think about the notion of progress; sometimes it does feel like two steps forward, one step back. And that just means you can't get complacent.

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Men can be effective allies by making space and amplifying the voices of women around them. When each of us is an ally in our own sphere of influence - when we embrace the fact that representation is everyone's responsibility, all of the time - we won't have to go to the movies to see a world that's free of toxic masculinity.

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In fact, when I began selling 'Phenomenal Woman' T-shirts on International Women's Day last year, the campaign was supposed to run just through March, for Women's History Month. At the time, I hoped to sell around 500, maybe 1,000 T-shirts in total. We ended up selling 2,500 T-shirts on the first day alone.

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As a community, Silicon Valley must adopt principles that reflect our abhorrence toward sexual harassment - and it is these principles that must guide our collective behavior.

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I never thought Phenomenal Woman would turn into something big, you know?

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Encouraging individual firms to develop forward-leaning policies that address sexual harassment is necessary, but alone such prescriptions are insufficient.

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It's a privilege to be able to take care of yourself and not have to be constantly on the treadmill.

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Like a lot of folks coming out of the 2016 election, I was feeling sort of desperate and helpless in terms of the outcome we were facing.

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The name Phenomenal Woman was inspired by Maya Angelo, who wrote 'Phenomenal Woman', a favorite poem of mine.

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My grandmother was such an incredible example of living out everyday acts of resistance. I now realize not only how lucky I was to grow up in that environment, but also how unique that was.

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I grew up surrounded by these strong, brilliant women who showed me what it meant to show up in the world with purpose and intention.

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I always felt like I could participate at the adult table, but I also knew that if you're going to make an argument about something, you better have something good to say.

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Kids deserve to be taken seriously. It's just as important to talk to them about women's equality, about fairness. We really have to focus on children early.

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Based on census data from 2019, black women are only paid 61 cents to every dollar that a white man makes.

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When you lift up black women, you lift up entire communities and the entire country.

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I was taught the value of everyday activism and showing up by my grandma, who wasn't a public official, but was a breast cancer researcher and would mentor students of color in her lab at UC Berkley. She taught me when I was 4 years old what the word boycott meant.

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I think the point is that each of us, in our own unique ways, can make a contribution. You don't have to be a full time activist or even run for office. Start small, commit to it, and build on it.

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My partner, Nik, is a full-time dad and I am working on Phenomenal full time. Nik was in tech forever, but he decided to take some time to think about his next steps after we had our second child.

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