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" Baltimore is a beautiful city. I started doing a lot of community organizing back in 1999 and met so many great people in neighborhoods all across the city. And that was an invaluable experience. "

DeRay Mckesson

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" The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve. "

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" Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice. "

" I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources. "

" A cacophony of whispers is also noise. There are many ways to be heard, and there are many ways to be visible. There are many ways to be seen. "

" A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in? "

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" I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government is accountable to its people and is aggressively innovative in how it identifies and solves its problems. "

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" I was a teacher. I also worked at Harlem Children's Zone. I moved back to Baltimore and opened up an after-school, out-of-school program on the west side and then worked in two public school districts, in Baltimore and Minneapolis. "

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" I am excited to return to city schools... and to continue doing the work to ensure that every child in Baltimore City receives a world-class education. "

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