Patrisse Cullors

I am scared every day.

— Patrisse Cullors

I don't like how cruel humans can be.

— Patrisse Cullors

I don't dislike my appearance at all.

— Patrisse Cullors

We have to look at queerness as a means towards challenging normativity.

— Patrisse Cullors

The unfortunate reality is the alt-right has captured white people's imagination.

— Patrisse Cullors

It was white people who got Trump into office.

— Patrisse Cullors

I have been arrested several times protesting.

— Patrisse Cullors

Under Trump, black lives will become even more vulnerable to state violence.

— Patrisse Cullors

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.

— Patrisse Cullors

Black women's lives have never been shown any value in America.

— Patrisse Cullors

Individuals are complex and deserve to be recognized as such.

— Patrisse Cullors

As a black millennial, I remember with horrid detail how Democratic policies ravaged my community and destroyed my family.

— Patrisse Cullors

I think publicly declaring that mistakes are a part of how we grow and how we heal is absolutely necessary.

— Patrisse Cullors

Wherever there are communities fighting for freedom and liberation, there are serious tensions.

— Patrisse Cullors

In order to reverse the maternal health crisis for black women in the U.S., we need concrete policies from our leaders and…

— Patrisse Cullors

I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.

— Patrisse Cullors

We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.

— Patrisse Cullors

Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how…

— Patrisse Cullors

The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about…

— Patrisse Cullors

The black radical agenda, which pushes us closer to freedom and the agenda to which I subscribe, calls for an eradication of…

— Patrisse Cullors

I read everything and anything related to being queer. I found solace in reading authors like Audre Lorde and bell hooks, who…

— Patrisse Cullors

I was trained within a black radical tradition that encouraged struggle within our own movements because it sharpens collective analysis - bringing…

— Patrisse Cullors

During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided…

— Patrisse Cullors

Many of us believed that Black Lives Matter would move this country to not only reckon with white racism but to usher…

— Patrisse Cullors

I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I…

— Patrisse Cullors

What was most important, for me, is that I could share what I experience as a young person - in particular, what…

— Patrisse Cullors

So many stories have been told about Black Lives Matter. The beauty of building out a decentralized network, the beauty of building…

— Patrisse Cullors

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

— Patrisse Cullors

A racist and misogynist should not be a president in 21st-century America.

— Patrisse Cullors

I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.

— Patrisse Cullors

Trump is literally the epitome of evil, all the evils of this country - be it racism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia.

— Patrisse Cullors

Since his inauguration, Trump has signed numerous executive orders that negatively impact poor, black and brown, queer, Muslim, and other communities.

— Patrisse Cullors

Each and every one of us has multiple identities, and this is a fact that should be celebrated. I for example, am…

— Patrisse Cullors

Statistics are easy to remove ourselves from. A story, you are implicated in, and you have to choose what side you are…

— Patrisse Cullors

For those looking outside-in, it's not fair - or accurate - to assign someone an identity based off the first thing that…

— Patrisse Cullors

The only way to gain the kinds of often-generational wealth that the 1% has been able to gain is through controlling the…

— Patrisse Cullors

I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make…

— Patrisse Cullors

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

— Patrisse Cullors

The story of Black Lives Matter starts before Black Lives Matter. The story of Black Lives Matter, for me, starts with my…

— Patrisse Cullors

Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has…

— Patrisse Cullors