I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should at least be room for conversation.
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public. - Cecily Mcmillan
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public.
- Cecily Mcmillan
If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been told by COs unofficially o… - Cecily Mcmillan
If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been told by COs unofficially o…
I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to … - Cecily Mcmillan
I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to …
I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is someth… - Cecily Mcmillan
I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is someth…
I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore. - Cecily Mcmillan
I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore.
I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should … - Cecily Mcmillan
I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should …
I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year with two kids in a trailer park. - Cecily Mcmillan
I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year with two kids in a trailer park.
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American … - Cecily Mcmillan
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American …
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh. - Cecily Mcmillan
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh.
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