Antigone
Speaking Truth To Power
Thoughts…
• "What harms the victim most is not the cruelty of
the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.” -Ellie Wiesel
Quote from Senator
Robert F Kennedy
Are you a ripple of hope?
How old do you
have to be to have
courage?
Malala Yousafzai
How far will you go
to defend your
beliefs?
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova,
member of Feminist Russian
Punk Band.
Do you have to have
status to speak the
truth?
Anita Hill
When does the truth
hurt too much?
Julian Assange
When should you be
an accomplice and
reveal the truth?
Bradley Manning
How will speaking
the truth make a
difference?
Fauziya Kassindja
Will your actions
and words be
immortalized?
Rosa Parks
Will your work
cause a ripple in
this world?
Medgar Evers
Will you speak
truth in words or
gestures?
1968 Olympic games—Tommie
Smith and John Carlos
Will your
statement of truth
change your
nation?
Nelson Mandela
Do you know their stories?
• If you don’t know these people and the ways
their actions changed the world, what does
this say about you?