It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.

If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.

Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.

I've always hated being hemmed in or seeing anybody being hemmed in. Even when I was the smallest child, I couldn't bear being told I couldn't drink at a so-called white drinking fountain.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.