“Just like we are seeing again today, none of these advances happened without struggle, a serious fight, and demand for change to create a just society.”

"...education not only positively impacts the student, it also positively impacts the community. I hope we will each find unique ways to encourage the youth in our communities to pursue this impactful journey.”

“Where is the redemptive quality for this great nation – this melting pot of cultures and people? Where is the reconciliation?”

"Brown vs. Board of Education addressed the desegregation of schools, but not the desegregation of access to resources – and we still have not addressed it today."

“The question dogged me… What could I do? How could I extend that same care and concern to other Black women?”

“...it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us." -Robin Wall Kimmerer

“I spent those 14 years preparing myself to be a vessel on this side, and to come home and do what God called me to do...”

"We are achieving this because we have been focused on caring about our elders and our larger indigenous community..."