“What we bring into the classrooms is this safe space where students can process their thoughts and feelings, where they can play, and have a moment of freedom and joy into their school day.”

“Board members are your most valuable volunteers, your thought partners.”

"I think it's really difficult in many ways to hang on to art as a value when we live in such a brutally capitalist society that does not value the arts the way that it should, and it does not redistribute funding in a way that really should honor artists.”

“We want to change the narrative of what Buffalo is to a lot of people.”

“Having a fresh viewpoint in an organization is important, and you can’t find that by not opening it up to more people.”

"If someone is joining A Public Space, we want them to be connected to the history of the magazine, the philosophy and vision for editing.”

"The one constant through all of this is: Why do we publish at all?”

“There are all these different ways that you need to look at your literary arts program and align it with funders, so you can get support.”