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" I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much. "

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

" You're not born woke. Something wakes you up. "

" It's important to acknowledge the danger when we provide an academic venue for racism. It's interesting to hear people push the, quote, 'free speech' narrative in this way. They deny the speech of the people who disagree. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People are not as imaginative as they think they are. "

" Twitter is half me trying to live in the world and half me processing and sharing the world. I share a lot, and some of that is to keep me honest. "

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

" I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change. "

" It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside. "

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

" 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. "

" I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden. "

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

" Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is. "

" It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Baltimore is a city of possibility, and we've got to challenge the traditional pathways of politics and politicians who lay those paths. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 desensitized to death. "

" 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. "

" What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality. "

" As a gay black man, it's important to me to show up - that I'm able to show up as my whole self, in every space that I'm in, because that's how I'm able to be the most true to who I am. "

" 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. "

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