Quotes to En-Courage: You Have Your Own Dignity

"All that a person has is his or her own story: Who they are, what they've gone through, what their families have gone through. This is their story, and when you're trying to deny them their story, you're taking away their power. ... You don't have to cower to power. You have your own dignity." 

Dolores Huerta, in the documentary, Dolores

Credit: Gage Skidmore

The Camel and the Scorpion is a book inspired by true events. It is the story of #StrongWomen - Caroline, Lydia, Anna - who spoke out for a good world despite the personal and professional risks to themselves in doing so.

Quotes to En-Courage: Know Your Worth Even If They Don't

“Make sure you don’t start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who don’t value you. Know your worth even if they don’t.” 

― Thema Davis

The Camel and the Scorpion is a book inspired by true events. It is the story of #StrongWomen - Caroline, Lydia, Anna - who spoke out for a good world despite the personal and professional risks to themselves in doing so.

Image: “Nude Woman” by Jules Pascin (American (born Bulgaria), Vidin 1885–1930 Paris) via The Metropolitan Museum of Art is licensed under CC0 1.0

Quotes to En-Courage: You Need to Make it Uncomfortable For Them

“You have to find out who has the power to give you what you want, and then you have to go after them. And I don’t mean in a violent way because I’m a nonviolent person, but you need to be in their face. You need to make it uncomfortable for them...."

Lois Gibbs, St. Louis Public Radio interview, 2014.

The Camel and the Scorpion is a book inspired by true events. It is the story of #StrongWomen - Caroline, Lydia, Anna - who spoke out for a good world despite the personal and professional risks to themselves in doing so.




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Quotes to En-Courage: When I Dare to Be Powerful

“Desert Senna, Cassia armata” by Margaret Neilson Armstrong via The Metropolitan Museum of Art is licensed underCC0 1.0

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde

The Cancer Journals, Special Edition, Aunt Lute Books, San Francisco, CA, 1997, p. 13.

The Camel and the Scorpion is a book inspired by true events. It is the story of #StrongWomen - Caroline, Lydia, Anna - who spoke out for a good world despite the personal and professional risks to themselves in doing so.