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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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" I am often asked what it is like to be on the 'front line.' But I do not use the term 'front line' to describe us, the protesters. Because everywhere in America, wherever we are, our blackness puts us in close proximity to police violence. "

" If City Hall started projecting swastikas, no one would say 'You know what? Free speech.' People would say that is wrong. "

" Expressing and loving myself is often so much more complex than 'out' affords me. "

" People in power make the path to power. It means that we will always get the same system, and it's one that is not necessarily in the interest of people's lives. "

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

" Trump wants to take us back to a time when people like him could abuse others with little to no consequence, when people like him could exploit the labor of others to build vast amounts of wealth, when people like him could create public policy that specifically benefited them while suppressing the rights and social mobility of others. "

" I'm not desensitized to death. "

" Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all. "

" 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. "

" We question these issues of race and struggle and white privilege because we know that those issues are real and because those issues have real implications in black communities. And white supremacy is not only dangerous, but it is deadly. "

" 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. "

" I've never been a surrogate for Bernie, Hillary, or the DNC. "

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

" 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. "

" People are more afraid of black unity than black rage. "

" 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. "

" If you close your eyes and think about where you feel the most safe, you're probably not going to tell me it's in a room full of police. You feel safe where you're around people that love you, when you have food and shelter, when you're being pushed to be your best self and learn. "

" 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. "

" I'm not convinced that stealing an iPhone is a felony or stealing a bike is a felony. "

" The police, at their best, do three things; they prevent crime, they respond to crime, and they solve crime. In all three of those buckets, they need the trust of the community to do it, so I believe that if we restore the trust that we will change the way police are experiencing communities and ways that will preserve life and make everyone safer. "

" I have a big following on Twitter, and Twitter has been invaluable for mobilizing and quickly sharing information. But I'm not really sure that people are learning deep content on Twitter. "

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

" Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card information. "

" I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it. "

" Bowdoin was the first place that I fell in love with. When I visited, I just had never been to a place with that many resources and that much access to information. That was stuff that you saw in movies. I didn't know that existed in real life. "

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

" Some people are more interested in fighting than winning. "

" 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. "

" Asking people for money is really different than asking people for their support. "

" The arts scene in Baltimore is really rich and very vibrant. It's one of the untold stories of the city. "