“The ability to change the conditions in people’s lives requires power,” Garza said. “The mountains that we’re trying to climb are about, how do we make the rules, change and shape the rules, and shape the agenda. It’s important for us to understand that movements need infrastructure. They need vehicles like the Ella Baker Center that can be fighting and writing new rules and getting those implemented. We can transform the way the world operates.”

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