We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.