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I am scared every day.
I don't dislike my appearance at all.
I don't like how cruel humans can be.
I have been arrested several times protesting.
We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.
Individuals are complex and deserve to be recognized as such.
Black women's lives have never been shown any value in America.
The unfortunate reality is the alt-right has captured white people's imagination.
I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.
Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world.
Wherever there are communities fighting for freedom and liberation, there are serious tensions.
Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.
I think publicly declaring that mistakes are a part of how we grow and how we heal is absolutely necessary.
The Trump administration has done everything in its power to uphold the harsh racist reality we have faced.
I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe.
I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.
In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter.
#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.
Trump is literally the epitome of evil, all the evils of this country - be it racism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia.
As a black millennial, I remember with horrid detail how Democratic policies ravaged my community and destroyed my family.
White people who voted for Trump decided to invest in a president who underwrites white supremacy in the guise of populism.
We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.
For those looking outside-in, it's not fair - or accurate - to assign someone an identity based off the first thing that we see.
The story of Black Lives Matter starts before Black Lives Matter. The story of Black Lives Matter, for me, starts with my childhood.
The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.
Statistics are easy to remove ourselves from. A story, you are implicated in, and you have to choose what side you are going to be on.
Colin Kaepernick is one of the leaders in the movement for black lives. His role as an athlete and activist is not only motivating but inspiring.
I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make it a popular discussion.
We should be developing spaces and places that are thinking about how we care for the group vs. asking the individual to take care of themselves.
I have never felt the grips of patriarchy and its need to erase black women and our labor... so strongly until the creation of Black Lives Matter.
Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work and responsibility are the answer.
Since his inauguration, Trump has signed numerous executive orders that negatively impact poor, black and brown, queer, Muslim, and other communities.
I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not the only part of the story.
In order to reverse the maternal health crisis for black women in the U.S., we need concrete policies from our leaders and better protocols from hospitals.
Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has historically dehumanized black people.
Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.
The only way to gain the kinds of often-generational wealth that the 1% has been able to gain is through controlling the populations it relied on to make its wealth.
Each and every one of us has multiple identities, and this is a fact that should be celebrated. I for example, am a queer black woman who grew up poor in Los Angeles.
Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how much it is investing in policing.
The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight for our humanity, for our dignity.
Because of network neutrality rules, activists can turn to the Internet to bypass the discrimination of mainstream cable, broadcast, and print outlets as we organize for change.
I fight to prioritize black mothers and black children because we deserve to live in a world where our healing is centered and our lives are treated with dignity, respect, and care.
What was most important, for me, is that I could share what I experience as a young person - in particular, what impact incarceration and policing had on my life and my family's life.
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us.
What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction? To ask this question is the first act of an abolitionist.
'The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman' is a reminder that people across the world are rebelling against norms and forging new paths for the most marginalized people in their own communities.
When folks say 'identity politics' don't matter, it simply reinforces the norm of a white, middle-class, cis narrative and further marginalizes the rest of us who don't share that identity.
In high school, I came out to my friends as queer. My entire world opened up; this was a monumental step toward unveiling my truest self. I had my first girlfriend when I was sixteen years old.
I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody?