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born 1990
Crystal Kegehi Asige (born August 12, 1990) is a nominated senator in the parliament of Kenya under the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). She is an advocate for diversity and inclusion and represents special interest groups such as youths and people living with disabilities.
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It's one thing to go blind, it's another to go blind in a world steeped with discrimination and prejudices.
Civil unrest is a result of societal truths that are addressed too late, or not at all.
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!
Leadership by justice is the best example in making a corruption-free country.
Inclusion means participation — in storytelling, in production, and in leadership.
Inclusion must move from applause to action.
Disability itself does not discriminate; it is merely an identity. It is people and systems that make disability seem dirty or pitiful.
Life has really kicked me in the ass.
Inclusive transport is not just about buildings and streets. It’s absolutely connected to our self-efficacy, dignity, independence, safety, confidence, equity, and inclusion
Art saves people. Art has the power to transform my sorrows into beauty and to turn my despair into hope.
I think I came here with this mountain so that I can show others that it can be moved.
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.
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
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
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
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?
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
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