"Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety."

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"Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety."

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"I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count."

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