Speaker 1

“Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.” - Anonymous
"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." - Audre Lorde
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” - Albert Einstein

Speaker 2

“An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” - Orlando Aloysius Battista
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking
"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." - H. G. Wells

Speaker 3

"An unjust law is no law at all." - Augustine of Hippo
"If you do not change direction, you might end up where you are heading.” - Lao Tzu
“Pure unadulterated success is not nearly as funny as failure.” - Will Arnett

Speaker 4

“Dive into the sea, or stay away.” - Nizar Qabbani
"There is no liberation without collective accountability." - Mariame Kaba
“The inheritance of wealth is a handcuff to progress.” - Henry George

Speaker 5

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley
“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” - Thurgood Marshall
“Say it, forget it. Write it, regret it.” - Dorinda Medley

Speaker 6

"Hope is not a feeling—it is a practice." - Mia Birdsong
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." - Plato
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption." - Kurt Cobain

Speaker 1

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." - Mark Twain
“When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.” - Max Lerner
"Oppression is not just a matter of intent; it is a matter of impact." - Brittney Cooper

Speaker 2

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” - Abraham Lincoln
“I’m a Southern belle. I’m not into confrontation… but I will read you down.” - Phaedra Parks

Speaker 3

"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault." - Cicero
"Organizing is the art of turning shared pain into shared power." - Rachel Herzing
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” - Aldous Huxley

Speaker 4

"The object of power is power." - George Orwell
“There is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear.” - Elaine Welteroth
"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies." - Oscar Wilde

Speaker 5

"The test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.” - Irma Kurtz
"Justice is what love looks like in public." - Cornel West

Speaker 6

"We are all complicit in what we tolerate." - Judith Butler
“Hold fast to dream; for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” -  Langston Hughes
“Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight.” - Sarah Dessen

Speaker 1

“Home is not where you were born, home is where all your attempts to escape cease.” – Omar Taher
“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.” ― Werner Herzog
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion." - Noam Chomsky

Speaker 2

“If you overvalue the uncommon, you spoil the uncommon and it begins to think of itself as something very precious!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.” - Werner Herzog
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them." - Karl Marx

Speaker 3

"Man is condemned to be free." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"We must dismantle not only systems, but the stories that sustain them." - Imani Perry
"Liberation is not a metaphor—it is material." - Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Speaker 4

"There is nothing so practical as a good theory." - Kurt Lewin
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz
"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." - J. Paul Getty

Speaker 5

"Visibility is not the same as victory." - Janaya Khan
“To overcome my fear, I shackled myself with hope, its links heavier than any metal known to man.” – Laila Lalami
"If we are not intersectional, some of us will fall through the cracks." - Kimberlé Crenshaw

Speaker 6

“When Irish eyes are smiling, sure, ‘tis like the morn in spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing.” - Bing Crosby
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.” — Washington Irving
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire