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I think that there are real concerns that we have around whose life is important and why. So if the official story is, for example, somebody was running from the police, does their life matter?

~Alicia Garza

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We understand that, in our communities, black trans folk, gender-nonconforming folk, black queer folk, black women, black disabled folk - we have been leading movements for a long time, but we have been erased from the official narrative.

~Alicia Garza

Topics: Been Black Communities Disabled Erased Folk Leading Long Long Time Movements Narrative Official Our Queer Time Understand Women

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I have to be honest: I feel like I live in a constant state of rage, and I think a lot of black people do.

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It's not lost on me that every single person who told their story about Harvey Weinstein talked about how they were silenced, how they were encouraged not to speak up, how they were embarrassed or ashamed to speak up.

~Alicia Garza

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Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are activists within the movement that want to do that independently, they should feel free, and if that's what makes sense for their local conditions, that's fantastic.

~Alicia Garza

Topics: Activists Any Black Candidates Conditions Does Endorse Fantastic Feel Free Going Independently Lives Local Makes Matter Movement Network Now Sense Should Want Will Within

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What we've seen is an attempt by mainstream politics and politicians to co-opt movements that galvanize people in order for them to move closer to their own goals and objectives. We don't think that playing a corrupt game is going to bring change and make black lives matter.

~Alicia Garza

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Coming out of the 2016 election, there was a few things that became really clear. One, that black people deserve to have vehicles that represent the breadth of our interests. Two, that we really need to do a better job of being able to communicate what conditions and experiences our communities are facing.

~Alicia Garza

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Protest is best used when it's part of a strategy that involves escalating tactics that build pressure on targets.

~Alicia Garza

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The reason that I started the Black Futures Lab is because I have some clarity about what I think needs to happen in relationship to electoral organizing. It's not a destination. It is a set of tools that we use to engage people that we care about, en masse, around issues that are important to us.

~Alicia Garza

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As you keep pulling back the layers of how deeply rooted anti-blackness and white supremacy are in this country, it is exhausting, and it is traumatizing.

~Alicia Garza

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 4th, 1981

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