Alicia Garza Quotes

I believe we can make progress on bringing true equality and fairness back to our government if we continue to work together and make our voices heard.

I fight to prioritize black mothers and black children because we deserve to live in a world where our healing is centered and our lives are treated with dignity, respect, and care.

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.

In approaching this problem [school desegregation], we cannot turn the clock back...

It is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. That's on all of us. That's on all of us.

So here comes this black guy from the Bay Area talking about peace, feminism, challenging racism, challenging the priorities of the country, and talking about preserving the fragile nature of our ecological system. People looked at me as if I was a freak.

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

Black people come in so many different bodies, genders, and sexualities, so it's important that we're conscious of that so we can fight for a world that embraces and uplifts black people of every kind. Our voices are powerful and have the ability to make change.

When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we're not saying that any other life doesn't matter. That has never, ever been our message. Our message has always been from a place of love.

I want to influence the younger generation to know that we have the ability to make a change and bring us all together. Black Lives Matter.

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

I want all of the work that I do to have a social justice footprint attached. I want it to move the needle forward when it comes to the perception of all people, but especially people of color.

Black History in 2019 and beyond is all about inclusivity.

I was born in the 1960s. I came up in the 1970s. I know how race relations were. The thing is, I want to advance the ball and never return to those days again. I want to keep the topic going. I'm going to discuss it. And we're going to make America better. It's my job as a citizen, and I demand it.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody?

Sometimes, in Silicon Valley, there is this attitude that we know best and we can change the world. The boldness allows us to invent the future. But, we need more empathy for those who are left behind and a recognition that Silicon Valley can't just call the shots and expect change.

It's not enough to just not be racist. You've got to be anti-racist. You've got to hold everybody accountable.

I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that we have made a great deal of progress. But there's still more we have to travel along this road so we get to the place that is consistent with our founding ideals.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

Do you know what social justice is? Do you know what social reform is? I didn't either, but reform and social justice are what I intend to do.

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities for all our people.

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.