Since being elected to the City Council, I have been unwavering in my commitment to address issues uniquely impacting women and girls and advance policies that stabilize and strengthen our communities. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I’m not willing to compromise and negotiate on, and that is the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers, and of the LGBTQIA community. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
I think people want to live in a city that is welcoming and inclusive. I don’t think people want to feel that they can only go into a place with a rainbow flag in front. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
From drug companies to health insurers to Wall Street banks, big corporations are spending millions to buy influence in Washington and drown out the voices of regular people. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
For me, whatever vantage point that I’m serving, I’m going to be an advocate and do the work to actualize my values. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of our community and society at large. I grew up seeing her active in ministries at our church, with the homeless, as a social worker, with elderly, with youth, as a children’s rights organizer with the Urban League of Chicago. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
There’s many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the issue that no one else named – to spotlight it, to advocate for it. That’s where all advocacy begins. I’ve asked different questions. I’ve raised different issues. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
