“No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship.”
—James Comer
“Give light and people will find a way”
—Ella Baker
“If you don’t speak out ain’t nobody going to speak out for you.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer
“Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves, and be free.”
—Caesar Chavez
—Fernando, Middle School Student, Redwood City School District, CA
“In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have.”
—James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time