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
One of the beautiful things about a movement is that there are many strategies and many tactics contained within it. Not every… — 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
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
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
I don't even know what a hashtag is. You don't turn a hashtag into a movement - people turn things into a… — 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
