Maria Rodriguez
Maria Rodriguez
march movement point precisely
A march is one thing and a movement is another. And that's precisely the point where we are today: how do we move from a march to a movement?
bothered peace shop
You could come here and shop in peace -- no one ever bothered you. I used to come here a lot at night, but I'm only going to come in the daytime. I'm too scared.
cuba free growing happy kids lives living rights thinking
If they're going to read something, let it be the truth, not growing up thinking that the kids in Cuba are living happy lives and that they're free and that they have all the rights that all the other kids in the world have, which they don't.
sales year
In other years, by this time, sales are exploding, but this year it's very slow.
streets
You've got to go to the streets to get to the table.
barometer community march needs successful
A march is not a movement. It's a barometer for the passion. The community needs mobilization. We're in it for the long haul. If we really want successful integration, we have to do much more than march.
cried
We cried every day for more than a month.
citizens people time
We're getting used to people on the street. Now it's time to get residents to become citizens and citizens to vote.