The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Quite frankly, black folks have always been at the core of what it's meant to make this nation human. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that we have an honest, honest conversation and that we engage honest practices around how racism operates… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter was created as a response to state violence and anti-black racism and a call to action for those who… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We understand that, in our communities, black trans folk, gender-nonconforming folk, black queer folk, black women, black disabled folk - we have… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
When we sit and think about what the world needs to looks like in order for black lives to actually matter, there… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
I think race and racism is probably the most studied social, economic, and political phenomenon in this country, but it's also the… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
The Black Lives Matter movement has to, by its very nature, be intersectional because of the complexities of who black people are… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
For me, it's clear Beyonce sees herself as a part of the movement for black lives and believes that black lives matter… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
As you keep pulling back the layers of how deeply rooted anti-blackness and white supremacy are in this country, it is exhausting,… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
If you're quiet, knowing that there's a culture of racism inside most police departments, and you're not saying anything, you are on… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all of… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
I think that we are all deeply, deeply committed to the liberation of black people. And so, when you put people together… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
What is it going to take to dismantle the systems that keep me from being able to live well and that keep me and… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
Black Lives Matter started from a post that I put on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I woke up in the middle… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe. — Alicia Garza Copy Share
Certainly, we have to make sure our police forces do not have weapons of mass destruction with which they can terrorize our communities. — Alicia Garza Copy Share
People think that we're engaged with identity politics. The truth is that we're doing what the labor movement has always done - organizing people… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
The history of black women in the economy is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Enslaved black women were forced to provide care work,… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that. — Alicia Garza Copy Share
The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of incredible grief… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. — Alicia Garza Copy Share
I have a lot of respect for President Obama, and while I deeply disagree with some of his actions or lack of action on… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
'Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from. — Alicia Garza Copy Share
I'll be honest with you: I think that it's really difficult, this framing around 'good cops' and 'bad cops.' Policing, as a system, is… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
The reason that I started the Black Futures Lab is because I have some clarity about what I think needs to happen in relationship… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who are in… — Alicia Garza Copy Share
