About the Black Lives Matter Network
Black Lives Matter is a
chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life. We
are working to (re)build the Black liberation movement.
This is Not a Moment, but a
Movement.
#BlackLivesMatter was created
in 2012 after Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted for
his crime, and dead 17-year old Trayvon was posthumously placed on trial for
his own murder. Rooted in the experiences of Black people in this country who
actively resist our dehumanization, #BlackLivesMatter is a call to action and a
response to the virulent anti-Black racism that permeates our society.Black
Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings
of Black people by police and vigilantes.
It goes beyond the narrow
nationalism that can be prevalent within Black communities, which merely call
on Black people to love Black, live Black and buy Black, keeping straight cis
Black men in the front of the movement while our sisters, queer and trans and
disabled folk take up roles in the background or not at all.
Black Lives Matter affirms the
lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, black-undocumented folks,
folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum.
It centers those that have been marginalized within Black liberation
movements. It is a tactic to (re)build the Black liberation movement.
What Does #BlackLivesMatter
Mean?
When we say Black Lives
Matter, we are broadening the conversation around state violence to include all
of the ways in which Black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands
of the state. We are talking about the ways in which Black lives are
deprived of our basic human rights and dignity.
#BlackLivesMatter is working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. We affirm our contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression. We have put our sweat equity and love for Black people into creating a political project–taking the hashtag off of social media and into the streets. The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.
Source: blacklivesmatter.com/
BLACK LIVES MATTER
About the Black Lives Matter Network
Black Lives Matter is a
chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life. We
are working to (re)build the Black liberation movement.
This is Not a Moment, but a
Movement.
#BlackLivesMatter was created
in 2012 after Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted for
his crime, and dead 17-year old Trayvon was posthumously placed on trial for
his own murder. Rooted in the experiences of Black people in this country who
actively resist our dehumanization, #BlackLivesMatter is a call to action and a
response to the virulent anti-Black racism that permeates our society.Black
Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings
of Black people by police and vigilantes.
It goes beyond the narrow
nationalism that can be prevalent within Black communities, which merely call
on Black people to love Black, live Black and buy Black, keeping straight cis
Black men in the front of the movement while our sisters, queer and trans and
disabled folk take up roles in the background or not at all.
Black Lives Matter affirms the
lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, black-undocumented folks,
folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum.
It centers those that have been marginalized within Black liberation
movements. It is a tactic to (re)build the Black liberation movement.
What Does #BlackLivesMatter
Mean?
When we say Black Lives
Matter, we are broadening the conversation around state violence to include all
of the ways in which Black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands
of the state. We are talking about the ways in which Black lives are
deprived of our basic human rights and dignity.
#BlackLivesMatter is working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. We affirm our contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression. We have put our sweat equity and love for Black people into creating a political project–taking the hashtag off of social media and into the streets. The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.
Source: blacklivesmatter.com/
