Vocal Expressions

"No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow." Alice Walker , 1944 - Writer

Sometimes life knocks us down a time or two but courage is what keeps us going. In the words of MLK: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr. , 1929 - 1968 Civil rights activist & Nobel laureate

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is growing up." James Baldwin , 1924 - 1987 Writer & Activist

"The artist must draw out of his soul the correct image of the world. He must use this image to band his brothers and sisters together." Amiri Baraka , 1934 - Poet & Writer