Not only do we need to focus on classrooms, but adult literacy is a huge issue in historically marginalized communities. That's a crisis, and it's on…

- Deray Mckesson

So much of what people think about when they think about health is primary care, but health is so much more than that. Health is about the decisions …

- Deray Mckesson

Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access to reso…

- Deray Mckesson

It's important that people press from the outside. It's important that people are able to make change from the inside. Both of those things are impor…

- Deray Mckesson

I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't think …

- Deray Mckesson

I don't want to live in a world where Donald Trump is the President. He is not doing anything in Baltimore, but I am dedicated to using whatever plat…

- Deray Mckesson

Donald Trump is dangerous. The truth is that the bigotry and hatred that he speaks have real consequences in people's lives.

- Deray Mckesson

When our response to all trauma is to call the police, then that gets us into a cycle of perpetuating trauma. Mental health trauma is different from …

- Deray Mckesson