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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences? "

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

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

" Everybody has told the story of black people in struggle except black people. The black people in the struggle haven't had the means to tell the story historically. There were a million slaves, but you see very few slave narratives. And that is intentional. "

" I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 history of blackness is also a history of erasure. "

" 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. "

" I think about freedom and the urgency around our imagination. If you can't imagine it, you can't fight for it. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

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

" I just couldn't believe that the police would fire tear gas into what had been a peaceful protest. I was running around, face burning, and nothing I saw looked like America to me. "

" 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. "

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