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" Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived. "

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" I love Baltimore. This city has made me the man that I am. "

" If Trump is president, I think that his administration will do real structural damage that will take years or decades for us to undo. "

" It is one thing to talk about fundraising and another to do it as a candidate, and I have learned so much about how much money it costs to run a campaign and what it means to raise money. "

" 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. "

" You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change. "

" Music helps shape the way people think about the world and act in the world. "

" I'm not ashamed to be gay. "

" 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. "

" I think the reality is that there's a role for everybody to play in the work of social justice and that we have to organize everybody. That means that Silicon Valley has to be organized, the fashion industry has to be organized, the formerly incarcerated have to be organized, the teachers. "

" The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not. "

" I take statements that portray untrue statements about me seriously. "

" Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us. "

" People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We know that we can't change it unless we address that. "

" There are very few things that I don't talk about - even my relationships. "

" Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs. "

" I think people who are not from here think the Inner Harbor is the only center for culture or fun in the city, and there's so much more to Baltimore. The Harbor's a beautiful place, but there are so many gems embedded in other communities that don't get as much visibility. "

" Skills acquisition is really at the heart of what it means to learn. "

" There are people who have demonstrated their willingness to challenge systems and structures, and then when it comes to elections, some of those same people - I don't know where their fight went. What's interesting to me is to see people lose the revolution when it comes to elections. "

" My father and mother deeply loved me and my sister. "

" I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table. "

" The student newspapers are as important to me as the 'New York Times.' "

" I grew up in a world of Officer Friendly. It was just the image I had. "

" I'm not desensitized to death. "

" I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else. "

" When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that as someone who has been standing in the streets of cities across the country - but at the root of it is this idea of telling the truth in public. "

" I think people are uncomfortable talking about the racist history of this country and what we need to do to undo the impact of racism. "

" When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir. "

" As a protester, I protested because I had to, not because it was exciting. I don't want to get tear-gassed again. "

" The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space. "