If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair - Shirley Chisholm.
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If no one gives you an opportunity, make one for yourself.
From @huffpost : A reminder that we simply cannot wait to be invited to be seated at the table. It is our responsibility to bring our own chairs, bodies and insistent voices into the room and demand space.
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Shirley is the first African-American woman elected to congress in America in 1968 and in 1972, she sought the Democratic nomination for president.
Pic from @the_female_lead
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