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What's More Important Is That We Talk About Movements; Change Happens Through Movements. The Movement To End Slavery, The Movement To Bring Justice For Those Who Have Been Left Out Of The System, Movements To Include Women, Movements Around Sexual Preference - All These Movements Brought About Change.

President Obama Is A Man Who Had Certain Advantages Because Of The Civil Rights Movement. He Had The Opportunity To Go To Some Of The Best Schools In This Country - Schools That Train You How To Run The Political Paradigm, Not Challenge It. The Leaders Of The Black Power Movement Were Challenging That Paradigm.

[the Strike In 1968] Brought Us Together With Teachers And Also With Progressive Whites. All Of Us Came From Diverse Backgrounds, But At The Same Time The Reasons Why We Were At San Francisco State In The Late Sixties Was Because Of The Agitation And Movement Building That Had Occurred Within Our Communities. We Saw Ourselves Not Separate From The Community But Intimately Connected To It.

It Is The Most Painful Thing To See How Young Children Become Collateral Damage Of Wars, But When Peace Treaties Are Signed Landmines Do Not Respect Any Of These Accords. And As Long As These Silent Killers Linger After Wars, Children Will Never Know Peace

If We Talk About Literacy, We Have To Talk About How To Enhance Our Children's Mastery Over The Tools Needed To Live Intelligent, Creative, And Involved Lives.