To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable.

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

I am a proud Christian who has been greatly tutored by Hindus and Buddhists and Sufis and others, and I stand and I speak from that place.

I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American.

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk.

[Donald Trump] has a tremendous opportunity, you know, this week, to come out and say I don't want that.

Maybe we should be a little bit more tender-hearted.