The United States of America is a nation where people are not united because of those three glaring frailties: racism, injustices and inequities. Yuri Kochiyama More Quotes by Yuri Kochiyama More Quotes From Yuri Kochiyama Remember that consciousness is power. Consciousness is education and knowledge. Consciousness is becoming aware. It is the perfect vehicle for students. Consciousness-raising is pertinent for power, and be sure that power will not be abusively used, but used for building trust and goodwill domestically and internationally. Tomorrow's world is yours to build. Yuri Kochiyama trust education knowledge Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another. Yuri Kochiyama people-in-your-life input life-is So, transform yourself first… Because you are young and have dreams and want to do something meaningful, that in itself, makes you our future and our hope. Keep expanding your horizon, decolonize your mind, and cross borders. Yuri Kochiyama mind dream meaningful Remember that consciousness is power. Tomorrow's world is yours to build. Yuri Kochiyama tomorrow remember world Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society. Yuri Kochiyama society justice trying First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at the very least, you should know about them. You will have your own life, interests, and ideas of what you want or do not want in life. Do what you enjoy doing. Be honest with yourself and others. Don't think of satisfying anyone: your elders, peers, government, religion, or children who will come after you. Develop meaningful ideals, and become conscious of others, their existence, and their lives. Yuri Kochiyama meaningful children thinking Don't become too narrow. Live fully. Meet all kinds of people. You'll learn something from everyone. Follow what you feel in your heart. Yuri Kochiyama diversity heart people The movement is contagious, and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit. Yuri Kochiyama movement spirit people People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back. And given what the United States Government and Western powers have done to the third world, I feel that these countries should fight back. Yuri Kochiyama government fighting country I don't think there will ever be a time when people will stop wanting to bring about change. Yuri Kochiyama people thinking We are all part of one another. Yuri Kochiyama The most important thing today is to stop US wars. Yuri Kochiyama important today war I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you. Yuri Kochiyama decide help you wake-up I lived in San Pedro, California, which is, you know, on the west side of California, and it's where many, many Japanese lived. Yuri Kochiyama side where know you I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here. Yuri Kochiyama you high-school education school Projects meant living with blacks and Puerto Ricans, but that's what we wanted. Living in the projects, we've met so many wonderful, wonderful people. Yuri Kochiyama wonderful-people met living people When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle. Yuri Kochiyama you black struggle mind
