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“I learned that just because something is one way doesn’t mean it’s the right way, and it doesn’t mean it can’t change. I learned that you don’t need to change the world - you just need to change your small piece of the world.”
― Jasmin Graham

“Because suddenly what I wanted more than anything for my children was what he had wanted for his - identities formed from within - for our mirrors, in other words, to first and foremost reflect humans.”
― Jerald Walker, Magically Black and Other Essays

“Corporations do not feel compassion. Sickness and loss do not move them. Appealing to their humanity is not an effective political strategy.”
― Andrea Freeman, Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch

“I don’t know about you, but I want to do more than just survive. I want to live. I want my life to have purpose and meaning. I want to leave the world better than I found it.”
― Jasmin Graham