Music helps shape the way people think about the world and act in the world. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Asking people for money is really different than asking people for their support. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
It is not a new tactic for people to use any avenue they can to silence black activists. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
If anything, any success that I have ever experienced has been because people who didn't have to care about me did, and… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
People often confuse visibility with a lot of other things. Sometimes I become a proxy for things that just aren't true about… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Everybody has told the story of black people in struggle except black people. The black people in the struggle haven't had the… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
There are people who have demonstrated their willingness to challenge systems and structures, and then when it comes to elections, some of… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
People in power make the path to power. It means that we will always get the same system, and it's one that… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
I have a big following on Twitter, and Twitter has been invaluable for mobilizing and quickly sharing information. But I'm not really… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
If City Hall started projecting swastikas, no one would say 'You know what? Free speech.' People would say that is wrong. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
It's important to acknowledge the danger when we provide an academic venue for racism. It's interesting to hear people push the, quote,… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
It's important that people press from the outside. It's important that people are able to make change from the inside. Both of… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
So much of what people think about when they think about health is primary care, but health is so much more than… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
For our kids to go to school, they must be alive, and for adults to work, they must not be in jail. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
When our response to all trauma is to call the police, then that gets us into a cycle of perpetuating trauma. Mental health trauma… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Social media allowed us to become our own storytellers. With it, we seized the power of our truth. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is dangerous. The truth is that the bigotry and hatred that he speaks have real consequences in people's lives. — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
I will never forget the first time I was teargassed or the night I hid under my steering wheel as the SWAT vehicle drove… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Most of my life's information is public. I got a text one day from a hacker who texted me all of my credit card… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
