Dec 12, 2022Black Students Should Not Have Debt — Announcing the Student Solidarity FundCollege and university students have already begun venturing home or offline for their designated quarterly breaks. Those breaks were crucial for me. I started my higher-education journey as a Junior College student at Riverside City College. I remember knocking on my mother’s bedroom door every Tuesday and Thursday to ask…4 min read4 min read
Nov 24, 2022Rethinking ThanksgivingLetting go of tradition can be “hard,” but we must choose hard when a holiday promotes the erasure of genocide, trauma, injustice, exploitation, identity, and land theft of America’s Native people. The capitalist romanticization of the holiday, Thanksgiving, is rooted in ironic and hypocritical propaganda. The concept of Thanksgiving is…5 min read5 min read
Jun 18, 2022Stop Exploiting Our Holiday — Juneteenth Must Be About True Action on ReparationsOn June 19th, 2021 the United States, as a nation, celebrated and acknowledged the emancipation of enslaved peoples alongside us for the first time in its history. Nationwide, Black families and communities came together to celebrate and remember Juneteenth — just as we have, every year, since 1865. For many…5 min read5 min read
Nov 5, 2021We urgently need a transformative approach to public safetyBy Dr. Melina Abdullah, Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots and Co-Founder of BLM Los Angeles On Tuesday, October 26, Black Lives Matter joined fellow civil rights leaders to engage with and discuss tangible policy proposals to transform current approaches to public safety with senior officials from the White House…4 min read4 min read
Feb 1, 2021Our Movement is #SoMuchMoreBy Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter Co-Founder and Executive Director From the time historian Carter Woodson created Negro History Week in 1926 up through today’s celebration of Black History Month, the goal has always been to recognize Black Americans’ prolific contributions that had been ignored, dismissed or diminished in textbooks…2 min read2 min read
Sep 11, 2020Seven Years of Growth: BLM’s Co-Founder and incoming Executive Director reflects on the movementBy: Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter Co-Founder and Executive Director The number seven holds power. Many of us have heard the adage that the cells of our body are renewed and replaced every seven years. The reality is a little more complex. Some of our cells are replaced rapidly, others…5 min read5 min read
Jul 8, 2020Member-onlyInformation is Power. Disinformation is Dangerous.Now, our movement is facing threats like never before — and we must stand together in the fight against conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and disinformation. It is time to #StopHateForProfit. Kailee Scales — Managing Director, Black Lives Matter Global NetworkStophateforprofit3 min readStophateforprofit3 min read
Jul 7, 2020What Does it Mean to Defund the Police?”In a time when we are opening our minds and our hearts to the solutions that will transform our communities, we must come together to learn what #DefundPolice really means and why this is an important step in defense of Black lives. Kailee Scales — Managing Director, Black Lives Matter…Activism4 min readActivism4 min read
May 20, 2020Cirrus or Cumulus? — Mental Health for Yourself and CommunityDé Bryant, Ph.D. — Professor and Director, Social Action Project, Indiana University South Bend. Member of Black Lives Matter-South Bend (dbryant@iusb.edu) “I’m too busy to look up!! Have you even been paying attention to what’s happening to us out there?!” My sister in the struggle asked this in response to…Black Lives Matter4 min readBlack Lives Matter4 min read
Dec 31, 2017The Black Lives Matter Global Network Mourns the Death of Erica GarnerWe are saddened and enraged by the death of Erica Garner yesterday morning. Her father, Eric Garner, was murdered at the hands of the New York Police Department on July 17, 2014 as he cried out over and over “I can’t breathe.” Our hearts mourn for and with the Garner/Carr…Black Lives Matter2 min readBlack Lives Matter2 min read
