After the murder of Trayvon Martin, these ladies felt compelled to take action and what they created went National and beyond!?
Learn more about below!
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Organizers, freedom fighters, and justice seekers.
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Creators of Black Lives Matter; a chapter-based national organization that was formed in 2013 to improve the lives of African-Americans and rebuild the Black Nationalist Movement.
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Garza co-founded the BLM with Cullors and Tometi as a call to action after an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin, was killed and his murderer went free.
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Cullors is an advocate for criminal justice reform in Los Angeles.
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Tometi serves as executive director and guides various chapters in the works they do when leading demonstrations, protesting institutional racism, and taking legal stands against injustices.
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What is their platform?? What is their program of community services?? Who actually funds them?? So far after all the police lynchings , I have not seen them make at least one Boycott go viral citywide state wide or nationwide, fact all I have seen are marches and protests that give the same one s they protesting millions in overtime!
Too busy watching TV instead of your local activist committees, perhaps?