'We are trapped in history, and history is trapped in us. And the work continues.'
Dr. A.D. Carson, University of Virginia assistant professor of hip hop & the global South, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week keynote address, Jan. 2018
'There are no small slights as we look at how we treat human beings. I don’t care if that’s related to race, ethnicity, ancestry, sexual orientation or religion. Each one of us needs to stand up, step up and make a difference. We have to positively and productively challenge those people who would put others down because they’re different.'
N.H. “Cookie” Scott ’72, deputy director of administration for the Virginia Department of Corrections, MLK Service Day, January 2018
'We knew that people had wonderful things they had been holding onto and trying to figure out where they would go. When we came along, many people came to us with these precious items … feeling they could finally entrust them to us.'
Dr. Jacquelyn Serwer, chief curator for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, January 2018
'We must understand that, although the challenge is daunting, the reality is, if you have the right perspective, you can make the whole situation better. The right perspective is when you understand there is a lesson in every moment.'
Joshua Fredenburg, president, Circle of Change Leadership, Social Justice in Action Leadership Summit, February 2018
'[My first trip to Paraguay] showed me how little I had been able to imagine the world, how thick and rich it was, how densely knotted with things unknown, some of them knowable and others almost certainly not.'
Dr. Mark Jacobs, author and former Peace Corps volunteer, Virginia Lessons from Abroad conference, February 2018
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