“I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should at least be room for conversation.” ShouldPoliticalValuesFeltRoomsConversationJust OneDiscoursePolitical Discourse Author:Cecily McMillan
“I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to the Iraq War. The first anti-Bush protest in Atlanta was the first protest that I'd ever been to, and I helped organize the school walkout when I was a junior. It was a really solidifying moment.” ThinkingFirstsWarMomentsBigsActionSchoolPoliticalStudyStudentsResponseIraqClubsProtestOrganizeJuniorsDisobedienceIraq WarCivil DisobedienceAtlantaPolitical Action Author:Cecily McMillan