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" 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. "

DeRay Mckesson

People

Together

Technology

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" I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy. "

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

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Mostly

Preaching

" Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision. "

" For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail. "

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Kids

School

" Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal. "

" 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. "

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

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

" We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time. "

" 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. "

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

DeRay Mckesson

Father

Loved

" When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn't do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income. "

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

" 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. "

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

DeRay Mckesson

Always

Black

" 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 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. "

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

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" There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons. "

" I actually get very little phone calls. I get way more tweets and texts. My phone rarely rings. "

" 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? "

" I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining. "