My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.

All of us knew he was a snake when we voted for him

Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.