The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve.

There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.

I was a teacher. I also worked at Harlem Children's Zone. I moved back to Baltimore and opened up an after-school, out-of-school program on the west side and then worked in two public school districts, in Baltimore and Minneapolis.

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.

I think hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, and I don't lose hope.

The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space.