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I don’t remember the first time I heard the phrase, “Black Lives Matter”. I remember instead two memories seared into my consciousness that left me feeling like I had to act. The first was in the weeks following the killing of Mike Brown or “Big Mike” as he was affectionately known by his community. I was sitting at my kitchen table waiting for my husband to get home from work and scrolling on…

Black August: Anniversary of Mike Brown’s Death | Chasidy Nazario & Kamika Bennett

Introduction of organizers from BLM413, Pa’lante, BLM ARHS & OutNow, photo by Brother Northstar August 24, 2014 | By Chasidy Nazario, Kamika Bennett Sunday, August, 9th 2015 was the one year anniversary of the racist police murder of Mike Brown by Darren Wilson. Black and Brown organizers from BLM413, BLMAmherst and Pa’Lante Holyoke came together to reflect on the past year and to recommit…

Welcome to America’s presidential election circus. This is a cautionary tale about any us v. them dynamics you may have been thinking about, a reminder that Black Lives Matter is a network with 26 vibrant and autonomous chapters around the world, and a wake up call to any who would aim to cause division amongst our ranks.

And this is a movement | Vanessa W. Lynch @drvonskillet Black lives matter has never been just a hashtag. It has always been the language used as a concise and powerful explanation of a reality that America was founded on exterminating. Black Lives Matter is a network that serves as an umbrella organization and recognizes that there has always been revolutionary struggle in black communities, that there have always been black freedom fighters and inter-racial supporters. …

#UnitedWeFight | Welcome to Black August

M I K E  B R O W N  M E A N S  W E  G O T  T O  F I G H T  B A C K a u g u s t   9 BLACK AUGUST: Stolen Future of Mike Brown Workshops and Reflection/Discussion on the 1 year anniversary of the assassination of Mike Brown 11 am – 5 pm 100 Cave Hill Road Leverett, MA Hosted by BLM413 & Orange Ink at the New England Peace Pagoda #unitedwefight #blacklivesmatter #blackaugust Join us tomorrow,…

Img. by Edull Ardo | by ShaeShae Justicia QuEST-Cintron We know that police brutality is not a new situation. The police were created as a racist system and they haven’t changed. They abuse the power given to them, directing this abuse at people of color, especially towards black people. In the last few years police brutality has become more public due to technology and social media. We saw how…

Join the Movement | Black Lives Matter & The Afro Colombian Solidarity Network have launched a fundraising campaign to support the community of La Toma in their fight for freedom “I am an Afro-Colombian woman. I was born in one of the mountains of the province of Cauca, one of the worst hit by the war in this country.  My ancestors…

By Stickii Quest If all lives matter there would be a national response to the slaying of black people but instead they are worried about what flag waves not how to stop the race fed killing of black people in this country. And what’s so wrong with people having pride in who they are even when for their entire lives they were told and shown that they are the lowest of the low and don’t deserve…

“Charleston, U.S.A…Denial is a mug” June 18, 2015   by dahktin Black people are not your enemy, America. Not that we shouldn’t be. You know who/what your enemy is, however: it’s you and the myth of your superiority over others. Somewhere in history something, someone, or some song told you that you were superior. Without thinking about it, you believed it. You actually came to believe that the…