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
So many stories have been told about Black Lives Matter. The beauty of building out a decentralized network, the beauty of building… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided… — Patrisse Cullors Hospital Copy Share Image
Many of us believed that Black Lives Matter would move this country to not only reckon with white racism but to usher… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I… — Patrisse Cullors Activist Copy Share Image
What was most important, for me, is that I could share what I experience as a young person - in particular, what… — Patrisse Cullors Experience Copy Share Image
The black radical agenda, which pushes us closer to freedom and the agenda to which I subscribe, calls for an eradication of… — Patrisse Cullors Experience Copy Share Image
I read everything and anything related to being queer. I found solace in reading authors like Audre Lorde and bell hooks, who… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I was trained within a black radical tradition that encouraged struggle within our own movements because it sharpens collective analysis - bringing… — Patrisse Cullors 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
