Home is the wellspring of personhood, where our identity takes root; where civic life begins. America is supposed to be a place where you can better yourself, your family, and your community.

Home is where children find safety and security, where we find our identities, where citizenship starts. It usually starts with believing you're part of a community, and that is essential to having a stable home.

Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.

That was a sin: to consider yourself victimized or not able to control your destiny or your fate - that was the one cardinal sin in our community.

I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.