We need to take this critical mass and organize it. Marching is not enough. We need to harness this power.

I think that this is a contagion that can't be stopped. It is growing by leaps and bounds.

Our credibility as a community is on the line. We've shown our power politically, but if we can't show it economically we are going to lose it.

It was one thing to march. Now we're going to hit 'em where it hurts — in the pocketbooks.

Timing is everything in politics, and the timing is with us right now.

The only ones who moved on it aggressively was Chicago. They took it, they ran with it and produced a political miracle. ... When I saw what happened in Chicago, I said, 'My God, we're on track.

For about the first 30 minutes it was chaotic with everybody raising their hands and speaking. Then we got on track.

Marches will only get you so far. There has to be an electoral component to get the Republicans out of the majority.