Closing Statement

Safiya Masry: I use to believe that one person could make a difference. That a powerful idea if pushed with conviction and courage, could overcome inertia and apathy. I don't know now if I was wrong, and maybe I'll never know. But today I am sure of one thing: everything I tried to do here will be twisted around and second guessed. Fourteen minutes of violence will wipe out eight months of progress and I'll be made to look like a fool. If I let that happen, then whatever I stood for, whatever I tried to do here, those ideas and ideals will be buried for a very long time. I can't let that happen.