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I'm not ashamed to be gay.
Systemic change rarely comes overnight.
You're not born woke. Something wakes you up.
When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir.
People are not as imaginative as they think they are.
The history of blackness is also a history of erasure.
People are more afraid of black unity than black rage.
Some people are more interested in fighting than winning.
I've never been a surrogate for Bernie, Hillary, or the DNC.
I think Twitter is an incredible platform. I want to see it succeed.
I take statements that portray untrue statements about me seriously.
Skills acquisition is really at the heart of what it means to learn.
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.
There are very few things that I don't talk about - even my relationships.
I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence.
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.
Expressing and loving myself is often so much more complex than 'out' affords me.
I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much.
I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader.
Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible.
We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.
I'm not convinced that stealing an iPhone is a felony or stealing a bike is a felony.
What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two.
It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists.
I think hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, and I don't lose hope.
Sometimes, the hate that I endure is not necessarily about me but about the space I'm in.
There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.
I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.
Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs.
I actually get very little phone calls. I get way more tweets and texts. My phone rarely rings.
Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all.
Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.
Social media allowed us to become our own storytellers. With it, we seized the power of our truth.
For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail.
I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.
The arts scene in Baltimore is really rich and very vibrant. It's one of the untold stories of the city.
I have a platform, and I can help. I can be in spaces that reporters will never be in because I'm a protester.
I think about freedom and the urgency around our imagination. If you can't imagine it, you can't fight for it.
Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.
If City Hall started projecting swastikas, no one would say 'You know what? Free speech.' People would say that is wrong.
Donald Trump is dangerous. The truth is that the bigotry and hatred that he speaks have real consequences in people's lives.
Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.
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.
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 think people are uncomfortable talking about the racist history of this country and what we need to do to undo the impact of racism.
Baltimore is a city of possibility, and we've got to challenge the traditional pathways of politics and politicians who lay those paths.
You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.
The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve.