I think that building political power has to come from the outside and from within. Meaning, we have to build political alternatives to the existing system, and we have to try to impact what is happening in the existing system. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
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 Image
'Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
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 Image
