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“Now you understand how people like us work?” “I believe so.” “Tell me.” “You work in horrible conditions and—” “No! We work in our graves.”

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“Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables at grocery stores seem vulgar. Bright lights and flushing toilets seem like sorcery. Clean air and water feel like a crime. The markers of wealth and consumption appear violent.”

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“Lasting change is best achieved when the voices of those who are exploited are able to speak for themselves and are heard when they do so.”

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“Meaningful solutions cannot be devised if they are devoid of direct input from those the solutions are meant to assist.”

Social Justice Human Rights Activism

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