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Alicia Garza (née Schwartz; born January 4, 1981) is an American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement. She is a recognized advocate for social and racial justice , with a particular focus on issues affecting marginalized communities , including Black women , LGBTQ+ people, and immigrants.
The protest, led by Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, was organized in response to the grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown. Also in November, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer.
Black Lives Matter. Tometi, with community organizers, Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, founded Black Lives Matter (BLM) in 2013. Originally, Garza wrote a Facebook post in response to George Zimmerman's acquittal in the murder of Trayvon Martin. In a response to the post, Cullors used #blacklivesmatter for the first time.
The phrase Black Lives Matter was born out of a Facebook post from Alicia Garza after the July 13, 2013, acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman shot ...
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza hasn’t heard back from Ice Cube despite the rapper’s previous desire to work together. Ice Cube was chided for appearing to endorse President Donald ...
The organization’s co-founder, Alicia Garza, told NBCBLK in a Dec. 2020 i nterview that the organization is now changing its focus to more structural reforms, including driving voter ...
Black Lives Matter Political Action Committee. In 2015, an unaffiliated PAC which is entitled the "Black Lives Matter PAC LLC" was established by St. Louis based activists. Alicia Garza stated that the PAC was in no way endorsed by the BLMGN and she also stated that BLM was not interested in endorsing political candidates.
The Black Census Project is a decentralized survey of historically underrepresented Black communities founded in 2018 by Alicia Garza, founder of the Black Futures Lab and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. [1] The goals of the Black Census Project are to build black political power by giving black communities a voice to profess the issues they ...