The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of… — 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
When we sit and think about what the world needs to looks like in order for black lives to actually matter, there… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
The open source nature of the Internet is both a blessing and a curse, because just as much as we can watch… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We need the best and the brightest thinkers, strategists, coders, surveillance experts, tech geeks, and disruptors to utilize all of the tools… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Just like we don't live in a two-dimensional world, we don't live two-dimensional lives. — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter was created as a response to state violence and anti-black racism and a call to action for those who… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all 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 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
