Category: Pressroom

Today, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door to statewide bans and subsequent rulings that will harm Black people disproportionately. This decision is one of several this week designed to limit freedom in service of a white supremacist and patriarchal agenda. As a Black liberation movement organization, the fall of Roe will open the door to further criminalization of Black people…

Two years after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis Police, D’Zhane Parker, an activist and member of the Board of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation issued the following statement marking his stolen life, and the work that remains to end state sanctioned violence in our communities…

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is pleased to announce Cicley Gay, D’Zhane Parker, and Shalomyah Bowers to the BLM GNF Board of Directors…

Today, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation responded to the Biden administration’s announcement of action plans to advance equity and racial justice across the federal government…

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation released the following statement on the extra-judicial execution of Patrick Lyoya by an unidentified Grand Rapids police officer. The Foundation shared the statement below following the release of video this week…

Black Lives Matter today released a statement blasting President Joe Biden’s budget, which increased funding for policing to $30 billion. The budget follows increases in police funding across the country while police killings are on the rise in the United States. Black Lives Matter released the following statement in response…

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) today announced that BLM Co-Founder and current Executive Director, Patrisse Cullors, would be transitioning from her role, and named two Senior Executives to support the organization…

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation announced today the launch of a campaign to urge President Biden to stop the militarization of police departments, and ban the transfer of vehicles and equipment made for war zones…

As part of its ongoing campaign to help Black people thrive, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BMGNF) joined U.S. Representatives and other organizations today to endorse legislation that would expand access to healthcare for tens of millions of Americans…

Patrisse Cullors, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF), released the following statement in response to the increased harm and violence directed toward Asian-Americans…