I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties. — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire.… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year with two… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO wings -… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties. — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore. — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
