... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone.
Joycelyn EldersWe really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.
Joycelyn EldersWe can begin to address the issue of guns by teaching our young people how to deal with situations in nonviolent ways. Someone said to me the other day, "What our adolescents need is not so much health care, but healthy caring," and I agree. Parents and churches need to provide that. Curricula in our schools [need to] provide that.
Joycelyn Elders