politician, writer, voting rights activist, lawyer, jurist, entrepreneur, political activist
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The consequences for failure are very different if you're a woman or a person of color than they are if you're a guy. If you're a guy who makes a mistake, you get a second chance. Often, for those of us who are outsiders, we make a mistake, and that's the end of the conversation.
I know we have to have people of good conscience who stand up against oppression. I know we have to have people who understand that social justice belongs to us all. And that wakes me up every morning, and that makes me fight even harder.
To achieve our goals of educating bold and ambitious children, we must invest in enriching, quality early child care and learning.
My parents never ceased to struggle, but in witnessing their lives, I learned more about natural industry and leadership than in any classroom.
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
I know we have to have people of good conscience who stand up against oppression. I know we have to have people who understand that social justice belongs to us all. And that wakes me up every morning, and that makes me fight even harder.
The consequences for failure are very different if you're a woman or a person of color than they are if you're a guy. If you're a guy who makes a mistake, you get a second chance. Often, for those of us who are outsiders, we make a mistake, and that's the end of the conversation.
We're too often told that our mistakes are ours alone, but victory is a shared benefit.
I grew up in a family where my parents worked full-time and still found themselves and their six children trapped like so many of the working poor.