75 Quotes by Opal Tometi

I challenge us all to have the courage of our convictions to fight for a fair, justice and inclusive society.

Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do.

In my own personal experience, I've had different family members who have been held in immigration detention because they've had some sort of challenge financially, and they were making difficult decisions, and that led to their immigration detention and, eventually, deportation.

I have two younger brothers, and I know my parents have spoken to them about driving and interacting with police. They didn't have those conversations with me, but they did have conversations about being exceptional black people.

Police cannot be allowed to continue aggressive, violent, and often unconstitutional policing with impunity.

As an immigrant justice advocate, I, of course, want legal status for everyone trying to make it in this country.

President Trump is mentally incapable of imagining the humanity of anyone who looks different from him or hails from a different nation.

There are always groups on campus that are doing amazing things. I know when I was in college, I was a student at the University of Arizona, working on my bachelor's in history, and I got involved with a number of different groups that were connected to different social justice issues that I cared about.

Black Lives Matter has been viral, and people are taking it, appropriating it, and using it however they see fit.