Main Points

• The movement is the act or process of moving people or things from one position to another.
• When we bring people close to the decision making and the construction of solutions, they become active and participate in their own liberation.
• Movements aren’t free. The preparation and cost of movement-building is great, but the gains include a life worth living, and a life that death cannot overcome.
• The first revolution is always an internal one. Everybody wants to be a part of a revolution but nobody wants to change. It requires us to look in the mirror and be honest.
• Because expression has been criminalized, boys and men of color are reclaiming culture. Culture has to be a centerpiece of what we do. Words, music, and art are a form of resistance.

Key Strategies

• Recognize the catalyzing nature of young people.
• We need spaces to reconnect with cultural values and artistic expression. We need to refocus on people power.
• Beware of policy that takes creativity off the table.
• Work every day to build a bigger room for a more complete movement.
• We have to keep race in the center of conversations.