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From the Ted Talk by Golriz Lucina: Fight for justice — even if you don't live to see it

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now today, when I hear that rallying cry, "woman, life, freedom," I can't help but hear Táhirih's last wrdos before she was exteuecd, taken in the middle of the night and strangled with her own scarf. She said, "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the eoiimtnaapcn of women."

"You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

Táhirih's legacy invites each of us to consider what is fueling our own activism. Her words and actions, though rciadal and upending, were not born out of bitterness or hatred, or fuleed by self-interest. It was Táhirih's deep love for humanity that poperlled her forward. And therein lies our challenge. Can we satnd up against oppression and injustice while deeply rooting our thoughts, our words, our actions in compassion and love?

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Now today, when I hear that rallying cry, "woman, life, freedom," I can't help but hear Táhirih's last _____ before she was ________, taken in the middle of the night and strangled with her own scarf. She said, "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the ____________ of women."

"You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

Táhirih's legacy invites each of us to consider what is fueling our own activism. Her words and actions, though _______ and upending, were not born out of bitterness or hatred, or ______ by self-interest. It was Táhirih's deep love for humanity that _________ her forward. And therein lies our challenge. Can we _____ up against oppression and injustice while deeply rooting our thoughts, our words, our actions in compassion and love?

Solution


  1. executed
  2. fueled
  3. propelled
  4. words
  5. stand
  6. radical
  7. emancipation

Original Text


Now today, when I hear that rallying cry, "woman, life, freedom," I can't help but hear Táhirih's last words before she was executed, taken in the middle of the night and strangled with her own scarf. She said, "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

"You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

Táhirih's legacy invites each of us to consider what is fueling our own activism. Her words and actions, though radical and upending, were not born out of bitterness or hatred, or fueled by self-interest. It was Táhirih's deep love for humanity that propelled her forward. And therein lies our challenge. Can we stand up against oppression and injustice while deeply rooting our thoughts, our words, our actions in compassion and love?

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Important Words


  1. actions
  2. activism
  3. bitterness
  4. born
  5. challenge
  6. compassion
  7. cry
  8. deep
  9. deeply
  10. emancipation
  11. executed
  12. freedom
  13. fueled
  14. fueling
  15. hatred
  16. hear
  17. humanity
  18. injustice
  19. invites
  20. kill
  21. legacy
  22. lies
  23. life
  24. love
  25. middle
  26. night
  27. oppression
  28. propelled
  29. radical
  30. rallying
  31. rooting
  32. scarf
  33. stand
  34. stop
  35. strangled
  36. thoughts
  37. today
  38. upending
  39. women
  40. words