This week, I had the distinct please of listening to Norman Hill speak as part of a panel of activists and organizers that worked on and around the Civil Rights Movement, specifically with
Bayard Rustin. In one of my favorite moments, Hill quoted A. Phillip Randolph:
“At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can’t take anything, you won’t get anything, and if you can’t hold anything, you won’t keep anything. And you can’t take anything without organization.”
? A. Philip Randolph
I’m reminded of this every time we talk about teacher voice, and getting an invitation to this imaginary table.
