When Alicia Garza wrote what she called, “a love letter to Black people,” in the aftermath of the murder of Trayvon Martin, her statement, “Black people, I love you. I love us. Our lives matter,” helped set the stage for what would become the #BlackLivesMatter movement. She, along with co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, would […]
When Alicia Garza wrote what she called, “a love letter to Black people,” in the aftermath of the murder of Trayvon Martin, her statement, “Black people, I love you. I love us. Our lives matter,” helped set the stage for what would become the #BlackLivesMatter movement. She, along with co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, would […]
Alicia Garza wrote what she called, “a love letter to Black people,” in the aftermath of the murder of Trayvon Martin, and her statement, “Black people, I love you. I love us. Our lives matter,” helped set the stage for #BlackLivesMatter. Her achievements since then are innumerable: she is Principal of the Black Futures Lab, […]
After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Marcus Baskerville, founder and head brewer of Weathered Souls Brewing Company in Austin, TX, wondered what he could do to help. Enter the “Black is Beautiful” beer collaboration. What started as a single beer recipe has become a collaboration of more than 1,000 breweries across the country […]
Beer isn’t always the answer to life’s problems, but sometimes it can help in unexpected ways. After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Marcus Baskerville, founder and head brewer of Weathered Souls Brewing Company in Austin, TX, wondered what he could do to help. Enter the “Black is Beautiful” beer collaboration. What started as […]
This past weekend marked 12 consecutive weeks of Chicago protests following George Floyd’s death on May 25. The protests have not only joined hands across the city, but they have invited Chicagoans, many for the first time, to actively engage with their city’s government and question its troubling history of policing. But, as protests continue […]
Four local Bay Area peaceful protests for Black Lives Matter started by people under age 30.
Cecilia Conrad is that rare individual who can do more work than multiple high-level executives combined, makes it look easy and charms in the process. She is CEO of Lever for Change and Managing Director of the Fellows (Genius Grants) and 100&Change programs. at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. As a trustee […]
Musician-turned-activist, Dom Brown, is one of the faces behind Chicago’s more than 30,000-person protest that took place Saturday, June 6. Over just four days, his organization, Activate: Chi, planned the city’s largest protest thus far. “There are two types of protests,” Brown explains. “The ones that happen overnight, and the ones you work tirelessly and […]
A peaceful protest was planned in four days and attracted 1500 people who want change.
