Mark-Viverito concludes with bell hooks quote and call to action
Mark-Viverito quotes bell hooks: 'What we can't imagine can't come to be.' She imagines a self-sufficient, thriving Puerto Rico and calls on the council to pass the resolutions as a statement of values.
What we can't imagine can't come to be is a bell hooks quote I recently came across.
Every day, I imagine a self-sufficient Puerto Rico.
Every day, I imagine a Puerto Rico thriving.
A Puerto Rico where my mother and eventually I can age with dignity, and every day I imagine un Puerto Rico libre.
I only hope that it is within my lifetime that our collective imagining will fully realize our eventual liberation.
Gracias for your time today.
Gracias for the moral values expressed via these resolutions.
By speaking up for Puerto Ricans on the island, this city council is defending New Yorkers, not just Boricuas, but also everyone who has faced gentrification,
environmental and health degradation, and exploitation by elites who think their wealth is worth more than the democratic power of our collective will.
Let these resolutions send a message from San Juan to Washington and serve as a framework for other legislatures to follow.
Thank you.