“I don’t think I’ll ever forget the feeling after election day walking about Meijer’s running the statistics. 50% of this store chose cheaper groceries over my community’s right to exist. 50% of this store would rather save an unborn baby than ensure a black toddler having access to medical care. 50% of this store chose fear and hate and simple non-answers over telling the world we wouldn’t stand for this shit anymore.”

“I wouldn't be judgmental of a trans person who was scared to go to the bathroom in a red county or something like that, but I would encourage people to continue being your true self. Like fuck these people, seriously. Just keep using the right bathroom, keep using the right pronouns, don't go running and hide because there's some bigots out in the world that need to be squashed. We need to show them that we're here to stay and that their opinion doesn't matter.”

“Previously I was under the impression that with MSU mostly being young people, most people would be in the same boat as me. It’s not like, "You versus me," or, "Blue versus red," Democrats versus Republicans things, but I can't ignore that this large amount of people are voting away my rights as a woman, my friends' rights as actual international students who might not be able to stay in the country. I can't ignore that your choices are gonna affect my life. “

“As LGBTQ people, we are more likely to face environmental injustice than like our cishet counterparts. My queerness pushes me to fight for environmental issues because none of us are free 'til all of us are free. If I'm fighting for my queerness, I'm fighting for environmental issues especially if I take the time to listen Black queer or indigenous queer people and all these different people who have faced the realities of environmental injustice. The more that I take the time to learn from them, the more that I'm able to want to fight.”

“I wish people understood that we're all human. We are no less just because of a piece of paper. Our communities work just as hard if not harder to make a living and keep this country and literally hold this country from falling apart. They built this country for all our communities and if you focus on the state of Michigan, we are a refugee state. “