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I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government is accountable to its people and is aggressively innovative in how it identifies and solves its problems.
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I have a big following on Twitter, and Twitter has been invaluable for mobilizing and quickly sharing information. But I'm not really sure that people are learning deep content on Twitter.
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I think people who are not from here think the Inner Harbor is the only center for culture or fun in the city, and there's so much more to Baltimore. The Harbor's a beautiful place, but there are so many gems embedded in other communities that don't get as much visibility.
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When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir.
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The arts scene in Baltimore is really rich and very vibrant. It's one of the untold stories of the city.
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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 information.
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I think hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, and I don't lose hope.
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The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not.
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If anything, any success that I have ever experienced has been because people who didn't have to care about me did, and they pushed me to see things in myself that I did not see in myself at the time.
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There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.
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As a protester, I protested because I had to, not because it was exciting. I don't want to get tear-gassed again.
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I have a platform, and I can help. I can be in spaces that reporters will never be in because I'm a protester.
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Some people are more interested in fighting than winning.
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Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.
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I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining.
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I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much.
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I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else.
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Systemic change rarely comes overnight.
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I take statements that portray untrue statements about me seriously.
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Social media allowed us to become our own storytellers. With it, we seized the power of our truth.
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What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality.
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I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it.
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I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.
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I'm not convinced that stealing an iPhone is a felony or stealing a bike is a felony.
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