Alicia Garza

Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be talked about because it's uncomfortable. ”

Protest is best used when it's part of a strategy that involves escalating tactics that build pressure on targets. ”

I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that. ”

We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. ”

Certainly, we have to make sure our police forces do not have weapons of mass destruction with which they can terrorize our communities. ”

When we sit and think about what the world needs to looks like in order for black lives to actually matter, there is a debate: What is going to make our communities safe? How do we deal with harm? How do we solve problems that come up in our communities? ”

Although police terrorism plays a specific role on behalf of the state, it is not the totality of what state violence looks like or feels like in our communities. ”

The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for photo ops. ”

The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all aspects of life, including housing, employment, and public accommodations. ”

Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston Tea Party to the sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the South, no change has been won without disruptive action. ”