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10 Black Lives Matter Chapters Pen Open Letter Criticizing BLM Global Network for Lack of Transparency in Decision Making [Updated]
Black Lives Matter has become such a mainstream rallying cry and concept that it’s easy to forget it’s also an organization—and one that has grown from a grassroots movement to a global network aimed at the betterment of the Black collective. Since the BLM explosion over the summer, the organization has been making some serious…
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Black Lives Matter Issues Official Statement Regarding Fraudulent Social Media Accounts
After it was revealed that the biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was a fake and not at all related to either the global movement or any of the local chapter organizations, many people who have either supported or given money to BLM organizations have expressed concern about how they can determine whether a…
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Of Lions, Hunters and Heroes: Black Film, Black Stories and Black Realities
Tonight the Black Lives Matter Global Network took to the Oscars stage. Five years of building up black communities. Five years of experiencing police repression. Five years of centering black stories as the way we honor both the dead and the living. We took to the Oscar stage because Black Lives Matter refuses to stop…
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Black Lives Matter Kicks Off The Provocateurs Series at California African American Museum
Nina Simone once said that “an artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved,” Simone said. It makes sense, then, that the Black Lives Matter Global Network…
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Surviving Trump: Black Women Strengthen Coalitions, Practice Revolutionary Self-Care
Now that the shock has subsided from the election of Donald Trump as our next president, many of us are wondering what we do next and how his presidency will affect our daily lives. From his Cabinet picks, it is clear Trump supports a racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and transphobic agenda in which corporate business…