Sometimes you have to put a wrench in the gears to get people to listen. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
I have to be honest: I feel like I live in a constant state of rage, and I think a lot of… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
How do we stop violence, looting, and riots? The way that we stop that is by making sure that people have the… — 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
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
The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
All in all, Donald Trump appeals to people who want to be seen the way that Donald Trump sees them. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Black Trans Lives Matter, to me, is really different. I think it speaks most directly to the marginalization and disenfranchisement of trans… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
It's hard to be a leader when you have to make hard choices and when you have to do what's right, even… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
If you're to look at people's social networks, not a lot of white people have a social network that has lots of… — 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… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
When people say, 'Well, I don't talk to my family because they're all conservatives,' or 'I don't talk to my family because… — 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 -… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile had guns on them, which is part of their Second Amendment right. It is a part… — 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
I'm in favor of people getting in where they fit in. Wherever you feel you can make the greatest contribution, you should. — 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
Saying 'black lives matter' both literally and figuratively restores people's dignity. — 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
We spend more time talking about what's happening on Twitter than we do talking about what kind of organising people are doing… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Coming out of the 2016 election, there was a few things that became really clear. One, that black people deserve to have… — 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
