You can't truly have an open heart until it's been broken.

My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is something really bad, really evil, happening somewhere, then that is where I should be. I need, for myself, to feel that I have stood there. It feels a lot better than just watching it on television.

The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

(a womanist) 3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves herself. Regardless.

I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us.

If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.