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our political discourse has become so flat. For example, we can’t even talk about working-class people anymore. When did everybody become “middle class”? And even those of us who might objectively be “middle class” can still identify with the working class. There’s something wrong with the fact that we can not talk about the working class.

one of my mentors asked me a question that helped shape the trajectory of my activism and organizing.

“What have you built?” he asked. I must have looked perplexed. So he asked me again, “What have you built?”

“I don’t know what you mean,” I answered.

“Come back and talk with me when you’ve figured it out,” he told me.

what we practice at the small scale sets the patterns for the whole system.

it's clear that the rich are determined to seize as large a share of the spoils as remain, tossing a whole generation of young people to the wolves in order to do so.

‘I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”’

critical connections are more important in a long-term transformation process than critical mass.

“I am worthy. I am loved. I am me. There is no one else on the entire planet who is like me. I am unique, with all my flaws and quirks. I know from the deepest part of my inner self that I am grateful for this moment.”