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Which Black Lives Matter to the Black Church?
By Olivia Smarr When I came home from college for winter break I noticed a flyer on my church’s Facebook page that said December 14th was designated as “Black Lives Matter” Sunday. It was a couple weeks after the Grand Jury decision to not indict the killer of Eric Garner was made public and tensions […]
Get Free: LGBT Rights and Black Liberation
Recognizing how mainstream LGBT and racial justice movements have often ignored the issues that young Black LGBT people face, BYP100 seeks with this video, and future mobilization efforts, to broaden the narrative of what’s at stake for Black people in the LGBT rights movement. At the same time we want to push the mainstream civil […]
The Women of #BlackLivesMatter
“I didn’t even know what I was doing was considered organizing until someone told me,” Johnetta “Netta” Elzie, a key Ferguson organizer, told the Atlantic.
Watch: State of the Black Union
“On January 20, President Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address in which he discussed a variety of social and economic concerns facing the country. However, when it came to the issues of racism and police violence – the issue facing Black people – the President was silent. And so, in order to […]
When Will the North Face Its Racism?
Isabel Wilkerson, author of ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’, writes that uprising against brutality is part of a day of reckoning for the North.
From Ferguson to Palestine: Dream Defenders, BYP100, Black Lives Matter, and Ferguson Activists Travel to Palestine
Charlene Carruthers, national director for BYP100, joined other activists on a trip to Palestine and Israel. Organized by the Dream Defenders, the trip also included representatives from Black Lives Matter, Ferguson/Hands Up United and Justice League NYC as well as journalist Marc Lamont Hill, poet Aja Monet, and USC student Maytha Alhassen.
Black Brunch Won’t Let Us Turn Away From Victims Of Police Violence
In a piece for the Youngist, writer Muna Mire says, “The war on Black life is uncomfortable. We just won’t be quiet about it anymore.”
Chicago Artists Took Over A Whole Train Line With A #BlackLivesMatter Protest
The following piece is from Huffington Post. It was written by Joseph Erbentraut. By: Joseph Erbentraut As Black Lives Matter protests have captivated the nation over the past month, artists in Chicago used a different kind of medium to shed light on America’s racial divide.
Shaneka Thompson Isn’t Just ‘a Woman in Baltimore’
The following piece is from The Root. It was written by Demetria Lucas D’Oyley. By: Demetria Lucas D’Oyley Shaneka Nicole Thompson’s name should be familiar to you by now—but it isn’t.
Why I chose not to march in DC
The following post is from TheGrio. It was written by BYP100 member Jessica Pierce. By: Jessica Pierce While I applaud everyone who marched in Washington, DC, [Saturday], I chose to sit this one out — for several reasons.
Civil rights leaders condemn killing of 2 NYPD officers
Civil rights leaders condemned the ambush killings of two New York police officers and expressed fear that the backlash over the murders could derail the peaceful protests that has grown out of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
Lifting each other up: You can’t stop the revolution
The following piece is from American Friends Service Committee. It was written by Diamond Latchison. By: Diamond Latchison Note: I invited Matthew Armstead who went to Ferguson during Ferguson October to write a guest piece about his experience. He thought it would be great if we invited someone from the community to write […]