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Hasan Kwame Jeffries asks Charlie Cobb what freedom meant to him as an organizer in Mississippi. “We had to dig into Black communities... we had to learn how to do that in the churches, in the streets, on the plantations, in the juke joints.”
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Makani Themba discusses the rise of neoliberalism in Black politics throughout the 1970-1980s #SNCC60th
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Ash-Lee Henderson on the importance of environemental justice, “we have an opportunity to not create false dichotomies in our work... it means centering the issues that are targeting Black people, and that’s all the issues, every single one.”
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“A lot of it is about personal transformation... I don’t remember talking a lot about political philosophy... the talking is fine, but it’s through the work.” - Judy Richardson
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“What made SNCC radical was the people it worked with... the people at the bottom. There’s still a great need for that... and that’s what Miss Baker taught us from the start.” - Charlie Cobb
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“We’re in a period now where we have to rethink so much about organizing in the context of social distancing... we also have to recognize the difference between freedom and liberation.” - Makani Themba
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“What does it look like for us to be perfectly imperfect but accountable to each other in our practices, accountability to each other in our strategies?” - Ash-Lee Henderson
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“You can’t have movement without music.” -Judy Richardson
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“Get serious about knowing what gift you have to contribute to movement. Study it.... our people deserve our excellence.” -Ash-Lee Henderson
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“Show up where you are... trust your heart... No matter how dark it gets, we have to continue to imagine ourselves on the other side of this... that’s what got our people out of chains. Continue to hold the imagination that we can rise from this!” - Makani Themba
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