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Cole: What would you say is the primary motivating factor behind your leadership?
these movements was pushed by community and grassroots leadership, by average people - like my siblings and me - who decided they could fix systems that are broken.
Haynes: My Mother led my siblings and me to understand the importance of “If not you, then who?” We grew up believing in our personal power, our communities’ collective power to right wrongs, and our responsibility to advocate for those without voice or access.
She was wise enough to ensure that we understood and witnessed the significant
strides and accomplishments for marginalized communities in America via the Civil Rights Bus strike, sit-ins, and nonviolence Movement; the Farmworkers strike and movement in California; the Coors Brewing strike; the Black Panther Party; the Rainbow Coalition; the Black Lives Matter movement; the Crusade for Justice movement; the Women’s movement, the LGBTQ movement, the Me, Too movement, and so many others. Each of
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