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Crystal Asige
18 quotes
“Civil unrest is a result of societal truths that are addressed too late, or not at all.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Crystal Asige (@CrystalAsige) on X, August 7, 2024.
“Disability itself does not discriminate; it is merely an identity. It is people and systems that make disability seem dirty or pitiful.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inclusion means participation — in storytelling, in production, and in leadership.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inclusion must move from applause to action.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think I came here with this mountain so that I can show others that it can be moved.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Please, please keep putting one foot in front of the other, however dark it might be. You were made for a time such as this on purpose and for purpose!”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Leadership by justice is the best example in making a corruption-free country.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's one thing to go blind, it's another to go blind in a world steeped with discrimination and prejudices.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: giving a speech at the One Young World 2023 Summit in Belfas
“Art saves people. Art has the power to transform my sorrows into beauty and to turn my despair into hope.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Liberation to me looks like independence. Not having to beg or to convince somebody of my worthiness... Just being able to wake up in the morning and be independent.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Resistance, 2022
“As soon as I was comfortable in my skin, there was racism. As soon as I was confident in my femininity, there was sexism. As soon as I was proud of my youth, there was ageism. And now that I’m comfortable with my disability, there is ableism”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Designing infrastructure to empower people with disabilitiesTUMI(September 05,2023)
“I had to start again to accept, to adapt, unlearn, relearn, and, in doing so, I realized that this [pointing at her eyes] is not disability. This [pointing to her temple/head] is disability”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Designing infrastructure to empower people with disabilitiesTUMI(September 05,2023)
“Inclusive transport is not just about buildings and streets. It’s absolutely connected to our self-efficacy, dignity, independence, safety, confidence, equity, and inclusion”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Designing infrastructure to empower people with disabilitiesTUMI(September 05,2023)
“Life has really kicked me in the ass.”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Designing infrastructure to empower people with disabilitiesTUMI(September 05,2023)
“I didn’t have to call anybody to take me out. I didn’t have to ask anyone to walk me to the park. I didn’t have to get anyone to help me in and out of a bus. Do you know how freeing that feels?”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Designing infrastructure to empower people with disabilitiesTUMI(September 05,2023)
“I’m not the kind of person who’s scared to be around difference, or scared to speak out, because I’ve already been able to experience and live a life where I was able to do both”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: always possible conversationsivoox(June,2023)
“Writing a bill is great, but the story around writing the bill, the reasons why the bill is important, how it’s going to change people’s lives every day, that’s I think what will connect with human beings for decades to come”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: always possible conversationsivoox(June,2023)
“They might not remember my name but I hope that they remember what I was trying to put out into the world and I hope the energy is apparent in anything that I do creatively”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: always possible conversationsivoox(June,2023)