Special Release: 3 Recordings Featuring Racial Justice Leaders
We’re currently witnessing a national and international uprising, demanding an end to the systemic racism that enabled the unforgivable police murder of George Floyd and many other black men and women. In support of this movement for change, we’re sharing the following series of short episodes.
Bioneers · Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Origins of the #SayHerName Campaign
Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Origins of the #SayHerName Campaign
At the Bioneers Conference in 2016, we spoke with visionary law professor and changemaker Kimberlé Crenshaw. A respected attorney, Crenshaw popularized the concept of intersectionality and was instrumental in the creation of the #SayHerName campaign to raise awareness about the many women and girls who are killed by the police.
Bioneers · Patrisse Cullors on How Black Lives Matter Began
Patrisse Cullors on How Black Lives Matter Began
In 2018, Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter shared a moving speech at a Bioneers Conference. Cullors is a performance artist and award-winning organizer from Los Angeles, and is one of the most effective and influential movement builders of our era. She was a key figure in the fight to force the creation of the first civilian oversight commission of the LA Sheriff’s Department, but is most widely known as one of the three original co-founders of Black Lives Matter and for her recent, best-selling book, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.
Bioneers · Heather McGhee On Confronting The Denial Of Racism
Heather McGhee on Confronting the Denial of Racism
At the Bioneers Conference in 2017, we spoke with Heather McGhee, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the organization Demos. McGhee describes how the election of Barack Obama resulted in both a racial backlash and the illusion that we were suddenly living in a post-racial society. She also shares a hopeful story that demonstrates a pathway towards healing the divisions that harm us all.
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