Kristin Shimer

“When you find yourself in dark places, there's always a light somewhere in that darkness, and even if that light is inside of you, you can illuminate your own darkness by shedding that light on the world.”
― Yusef Salaam, Punching the Air

“You can change the law but you can’t change people and how they treat each other.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

“And maybe
there are small
cracks in our walls
and we start to see
a sliver of light
shine through

in each other”
― Yusef Salaam, Punching the Air

“Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.”
― Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America