Revolution is not a one time event.
Interpretation
Revolution is an ongoing process, not just a singular occurrence.
Audre Lorde's quote emphasizes that true revolution involves continuous effort and transformation rather than a single, isolated incident. It suggests that meaningful change requires sustained action and commitment over time, reflecting the ongoing struggles for rights and justice in society.
In practice
During a seminar on social justice, one might say, 'As Audre Lorde said, revolution is not a one-time event, highlighting the importance of ongoing activism.'
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without violent upheaval. The United Nations has no vested interest in the status quo. It seeks a more secure world, a better world, a world of progress for all peoples. In the dynamic world society which is the objective of the United Nations, all peoples must have equality and equal rights.
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're witnessing now more and more is a certain number of mega-trends interacting with one another: population growth, urbanization, food insecurity, water scarcity, climate change, and conflict.
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
Thou knowest, winter tames man, woman, and beast.
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!
The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born
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