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We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

- Opal Tometi
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We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.