Whether it is access to voting rights, representation in government, or the outsized influence of money in our political system, the opportunity to interact with and participate in democracy is available to some, but blocked for many. Nina Turner Read Quote
We tell people to go to college, but when they cross the stage, they cross the stage with a degree in one hand and debt in the other that stifles their ability to be able to live that good life. Nina Turner Read Quote
We have a problem with our democracy when you have election officials deliberately trying to take away the fundamental right to vote in this country in the 21st century. Nina Turner Read Quote
Although she was not a politician, my grandmother gave me the most important lesson I’ve ever received and one I carry with me today. That all you need to be successful in life is three things: your wishbone to dream big, your jawbone to speak the truth, and your backbone to persevere through it all. Nina Turner Read Quote
Same way we have enough money to bail out Wall Street, we need to put a down payment on Main Street. Nina Turner Read Quote
It is a travesty for anyone who is elected to office, who serves in an elective office, to engage in voter suppression. Nina Turner Read Quote
As the quintessential swing state, Ohio has been on the front lines of battles to restrict access to the vote and make government less transparent. Conservatives know that they can’t win without putting a thumb on the scale of electoral outcomes. Nina Turner Read Quote
It hasn’t been for a lack of trying. But we really have to analyze in a deeper way why we have these problems – at least at the state level – electing an African-American. Nina Turner Read Quote
All of the great social justice advances that we ever had in this country have come not from people with big titles and not from people at the top, but just from everyday people getting together saying ‘Enough is enough. I’m going to change this, and I’m going to get involved, and I am going to be engaged.’ Nina Turner Read Quote
