In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom. — Patrisse Cullors Black lives Copy Share Image
Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins. — Patrisse Cullors Environment Copy Share Image
Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
The Trump administration has done everything in its power to uphold the harsh racist reality we have faced. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
We should be developing spaces and places that are thinking about how we care for the group vs. asking the individual to… — Patrisse Cullors Care Copy Share Image
I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe. — Patrisse Cullors Black people Copy Share Image
The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material… — Patrisse Cullors Colonialism Copy Share Image
I knew marriage was not the answer to changing the conditions for poor, black, queer folks. So I never felt compelled to… — Patrisse Cullors Empowerment Copy Share Image
I fight to prioritize black mothers and black children because we deserve to live in a world where our healing is centered… — Patrisse Cullors Children Copy Share Image
What we acknowledged as a nation during the one-and-a-half year trial of George Zimmerman is that the white majority's public imagination of… — Patrisse Cullors Black people Copy Share Image
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement,… — Patrisse Cullors Art Copy Share Image
We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments… — Patrisse Cullors Black people Copy Share Image
Like any organizer worth their salt, I'm open to critique, but I won't be bullied or treated badly. I'm an imperfect human,… — Patrisse Cullors Critique Copy Share Image
Wherever black people are in America, criminalization exists. Wherever there is a white-dominant space, deep racism exists as well - no matter… — Patrisse Cullors America Copy Share Image
The Black Lives Matter National Network and the movement at large are sophisticated. We're not easily won over by talking points and… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
White people who voted for Trump decided to invest in a president who underwrites white supremacy in the guise of populism. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Colin Kaepernick is one of the leaders in the movement for black lives. His role as an athlete and activist is not… — Patrisse Cullors Activist Copy Share Image
I have never felt the grips of patriarchy and its need to erase black women and our labor... so strongly until the… — Patrisse Cullors Black lives Copy Share Image
Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world. — Patrisse Cullors Around the world Copy Share Image
I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but… — Patrisse Cullors Black lives Copy Share Image
My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for… — Patrisse Cullors Black people Copy Share Image
In 'When They Call You a Terrorist,' I reflect on my time growing up in Van Nuys, California, surrounded by my devoted… — Patrisse Cullors California Copy Share Image
Policing has never been about public safety: its origins are rooted in social control, the denial of people's human rights, securing the… — Patrisse Cullors Control Copy Share Image
Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to… — Patrisse Cullors American democracy Copy Share Image
I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible.… — Patrisse Cullors Fight Copy Share Image
#BlackLivesMatter was born online but now lives in street actions, in conversations in our homes, and in the dignity swelling in our… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction?… — Patrisse Cullors Abolitionist Copy Share Image
Myself and the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, but in truth, we are loving women whose… — Patrisse Cullors Black lives Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to… — Patrisse Cullors Action Copy Share Image
With abolition, it's necessary to destroy systems of oppression. But it's equally necessary to put at the forefront our conversations about creation.… — Patrisse Cullors Abolition Copy Share Image
The Internet is the most democratic communication platform in history, largely because we've had network neutrality rules that make sure all web… — Patrisse Cullors Communication Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my family was plagued by poverty. My mother, a single parent, worked around the clock to make… — Patrisse Cullors Children Copy Share Image
We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are… — Patrisse Cullors Accountability Copy Share Image
With Black Lives Matter, we knew from the very beginning that it wasn't just going to live online. We were like, 'We're… — Patrisse Cullors Beginning Copy Share Image
Policing was developed, created, and implemented for the elite, and - in the case of the United States - the elites were… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
In high school, I came out to my friends as queer. My entire world opened up; this was a monumental step toward… — Patrisse Cullors Friendship Copy Share Image
When you grow up with a significant amount of trauma, you are realizing it as you get older, and you're realizing the… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
We rarely know what motivates somebody in their work, and it's usually a particular moment in their life. For me, that moment… — Patrisse Cullors Abuse Copy Share Image
'The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman' is a reminder that people across the world are rebelling against norms and forging new… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
