“We are here today because we are tired of being overlooked and over-surveilled. We are here today because we want the next generation to NOT have to have the talk with their children (no Nerf guns outside, stay together, this is how you interact with the police…). We are here today because we want to feel like we belong in Hamilton, even without our Colgate sweatshirts. We are here today because we are tired of being afraid. We are here today because we oppose a system that does not protect, respect, or value us. We are here today because that system does not treat us as fully human and because it hurts. We can’t breathe.”

— Kezia Page (forefront), associate professor of English and Africana and Latin American studies, during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in the Village Green