...”'Black Lives Matter' simply refers to the notion that there's a specific vulnerability for African Americans that needs to be addressed. It's not meant to suggest that other lives don't matter. It's to suggest that other folks aren't experiencing this particular vulnerability.”
Barack Obama (an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017)
“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.”
Rosa Parks ( an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott)
“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.”
Angela Davis (an American political activist, philosopher, academic, Marxist feminist, and author)
“Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.”
Mahatma Gandhi (an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics)
“None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.”
Marian Anderson (an American singer of classical music and spirituals)
“Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.”
Adam Schiff (an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative)
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
Plutarch (a Greek historian)
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight.”
Ban Ki-moon (Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations)
“Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.”
J. K. Rowling (a British author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist)
Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Eartha Kitt (an American singer, actress, dancer, comedian, activist, author, and songwriter)