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Angela Davis

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

Angela Davis

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Angela Davis is saying that activist work is valuable because it helps you contribute to something bigger than yourself. Instead of seeing your achievements as isolated, you recognize that you are connected to a long history of collective efforts for change.

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