As abolitionists, we approach situations of injustice with love and align ourselves with our community. Because we got us. So let’s be clear: we love everybody in our community. It’s not about a trial or a verdict decided in a white supremacist charade, it’s about how we treat our community when corrupt systems are working to devalue their lives…
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day for us to generously give and unleash the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Today, we’re bringing to light just how much these innovative organizations do for our communities on a day-to-day basis, as their work speaks volumes about the complexity and importance of our fight for Black lives…
As we prepare ourselves for the holiday season, we are bombarded with ads that seek to whip us up into a consumerist frenzy. Black Friday sales are being rolled out weeks in advance of Thanksgiving and, at every turn, white-supremacist-capitalism is telling us to spend our money on things that we don’t need, to reap profits for corporations…
We are not shocked. Today’s not-guilty verdict is expected when white supremacy lives and breathes within our institutions. It is a reminder of how our legal systems are deeply rooted in white supremacy…
Watch videos from the first-ever People’s Response Act (PRA) Day. Hear from members of congress, national advocates, and local organizers on how the People’s Response Act pushes their vision forward, and why we need to all get on board…
Today on November 17 starting at 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET, Black Lives Matter (BLM) will join Color of Change, Essie Justice Group, Movement 4 Black Lives, and Civil Rights Corps to host the People’s Response Act Day, which includes a series of events to raise awareness, discuss new visions for public safety, and garner support for the People’s Response Act (PRA) legislation…
Our healers examine loss, and the multiple ways we hold grief in our spirit and body. What are dimensions of grief? What are some ways in which grief is expressed and released through lament? And, we highlight healing practices that can support our grieving processes over time while we hold space for joy…
On October 24th, Black Lives Matter organizers and members of the BLM Youth Vanguard joined with Black Panther Party alumni, Black Power movement visionaries, leaders, artists, luminaries, residents, and freedom-loving people from around the globe for the unveiling of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Memorial Statue…
For far too long, this country has advanced systems of oppression that are detrimental to Black people. It’s beyond time for that to change. Just look at public safety. If the current system was actually designed to protect our communities, Black people could be thriving — not just merely surviving…
With a stroke of a pen, President Biden can cancel all student debt. The weight of student loan debt has caused many hardships for Americans across the country — but has had a disproportionate impact on Black students and families. All the while, for decades, Black people have been told that the way to get out of poverty and achieve middle class status is by getting a college education, but at what cost?…