The Black Lives Matter Global Network turned five years old on July 13th, 2018. This date marked the beginning of a yearlong celebration that will highlight and uplift the BLM Network’s work and leadership. Click here to zoom…
Dear family, Five years ago today Black people and our allies disrupted business as usual. We rose to the challenge, a generation forgotten, abandoned by local government and national government; a generation in so much distress, but also…
Working with Black youth and Black Families: Black families continue to experience racism in Cambridge Public Schools, so BLM Cambridge has been attending family conferences and administration meetings with Black families as witnesses, as advocates, and aunties. The…
Furthering the aggressive immigration policies of the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration’s decision to establish and enforce a zero-tolerance policy at the border towards immigrants seeking asylum is reprehensible and, in our ongoing work to dismantle oppressive systems…
As we approach the 5th year anniversary of the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer and the beginnings of the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLM), we find ourselves wrestling with some of the same issues we were facing…
“Since its inception, the Black Lives Matter Global Network has regularly dealt with the misappropriation of our name and likeness, which has compromised the integrity of our local, national, and global work. We live in a digital world,…
“The killing of Stephon Clark by officers of the Sacramento Police Department is another glaring example of the dehumanization of Black lives by law enforcement; a state bodyguard intended to protect and serve. Stephon’s family deserves to understand…
On March 14th, 2018 Marielle Franco an Afro-Brazilian council member was brutally assassinated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a human rights advocate raised in the favelas, and thousands have gathered to mourn her. Black organizers in…
After the 90th #Oscars, during which Andra Day and Common performed “Stand Up For Something” and centered activists and movements from across the world, the Black Lives Matter Global Network released this powerful new video about our Network,…
Dear Sybrina and Tracy, As the evening closes we are left with the pain of Trayvon’s loss. We hurt and mourn with you today. We hurt and mourn with you as you relive the day, six years ago,…