“Especially for girls of color, we're treated as lightning or gold in the pan--we're not treated as things that are going to last," [Amanda Gorman] said. "You really have to crown yourself with the belief that what I'm about and what I'm here for is way beyond this moment. I'm learning that I am not lightning that strikes once. I am the hurricane that comes every single year, and you can expect to see me again soon.” PowerWomen Of ColorAmanda Gorman Book:The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Source: The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
“The norms and notions of what "just is' isn't always "justice".” InspirationalPoetryJusticeSocial JusticeThe Hill We ClimbAmanda Gorman Author:Amanda Gorman
“At the end of their journey, a hero may stand in the same place where their story started, but nevertheless they have been irrevocably shifted, altered, displaced.” WritingHeroHero S JourneyAmanda Gorman Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry