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I’m at the finish line. I get to see the families; I get to see the joy and the hope that we bring.

From a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris, we have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for…their faith - profess to stand up for Islam - but, in fact, are betraying it.

People ask me, ‘when do you think there will be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is: when there are nine.

I'm honored to be part of the #BIRDGANG!

We were raised to live simply, not to waste. It was a lesson my mother taught me every rainy morning. You see, growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.

I can't not march. I march for women who have made that wrong decision and suffered greatly; [but] most of all I march for the unborn.

Let me be very clear: the single most offensive name that you can call an American Indian is ‘Redskin.’

Those people were real. They were mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts, doctors and teachers, poets, wonderful people. Composers. And now they scream in silence. My story is only one story, but it is the story six million others cannot tell. I was, and always shall be, the witness to ... mass murder.

It's about spiritual leadership. When women bring their young boys and they see women leading the prayer, they can initiate change as they grow up.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Albums – like books and black lives - they still matter.

The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was. They [should be] treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year…Fix society. Please.