I imagine that phone call is one of the thousands that you have gotten over the last 30 years with people feeling like their stories connect to you. Does that give you a sense of weight? Tis is part of about once you hear that many stories, you feel a responsibility to do as much as you can. And it's not that i feell that i needed tospeak for them so much is tat i need it to create a way for their stories to be told as part of a collective.
Anita Hill is a professor and author. Her new book is Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.
"I really do feel that my life now has purpose. And my responsibility really is to live out that purpose as much as possible. The reason that this isn’t entirely daunting is that I realize I am one individual. And that the issues will not depend on me entirely. … But I also realize that every person who has the opportunity should be involved, and that includes me."
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