“Almost everything that happened in my life was based on that kind of (white) privilege, but rather than thinking about it as something to be ashamed of… instead I though about it as a call to responsibility”

“Our job is to excite students about the world, to help them see the role they can play in making society more equal and more just.”

“In the spring of 2016, I did something that scared me , but something that I knew needed to be done. I wrote a petition, a letter the editor and city council, calling for the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue and the renaming of the park formerly known as Robert E. Lee Park…”

“We were all painfully aware that the name of the holiday, Columbus Day, was glorifying the idea that our people were supposed to be wiped out”

“Flint is what happens when we dismiss science. Flint is what happens when we dismiss people. Flint is what happens when saving money is more important than public health.”

“Many times the weight of the world crashes in… if we hope to heal our planet we must stand… in the shelter of each other”

“Youth are standing up for our fundamental right to inherit a stable and survivable planet…”

“We can not legitimately make a demand unless we are taking responsibility for creating a world where that demand can be met”

“Climate change is the biggest challenge humans have ever faced.”

“I removed the flag not only in defiance of those who enslaved my ancestors… but also in defiance of the opression that continues againts Black people globally”

“We fight not only for ourselves, but for future generations. Power to the people!”

“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”

“Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.”

“Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon ... which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”

“And they would say, ‘That’s the way it is. Don’t get in trouble. …’ But when I heard the words of Dr. King, I knew then that I could strike a blow against segregation and racial discrimination, and I decided to get in trouble. I decided to get in the way. But it was good trouble, necessary trouble. Democracy is not a state. It is an act.”

“If we want human dignity above all else, we cannot get it while we are on our knees, we cannot get it if we are running away, we cannot get it if we are indifferent and unconcerned.”

“Den I says, God, what ails dis Constitution? He says to me, “Sojourner, dere is a little weasel in it.”