Black Lives Matter Co-Founder (2023)

1. Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi on the Fight for Racial ...

Melanne Verveer Opal Tometi was born in Phoenix, Arizona and grew up in a tight-knit Nigerian immigrant community. She grew up to become a community organizer, ...
This is the transcript of a Seeking Peace podcast episode featuring Opal Tometi. Melanne Verveer From Georgetown University, this is Seeking Peace. I’m Melanne Verveer, and this is Opal Tometi: Opal Tometi Issues of peace and security are central to the movement for Black lives. You know, oftentimes people think about human rights being something […]

Feb 5, 2023 · The BLM co-founder talks Tyre Nichols, LAPD's killing of her cousin and the fight for abolition: 'It's not individual bad officers, ...
The BLM co-founder talks Tyre Nichols, LAPD’s killing of her cousin and the fight for abolition: ‘It’s not individual bad officers, it’s a culture of violence’

May 11, 2022 · Patrisse Cullors, who co-founded Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Ayọ Tometi, has admitted to using donations to purchase a $6 ...
"We really wanted to make sure that the global network foundation had an asset that wasn’t just financial resources,” Cullors said about the purchase of the property.

May 8, 2022 · Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors stands for a photo at Crenshaw Dairy Mart, an art gallery and studio space co-founded by Cullors, ...
In an exclusive interview, Patrisse Cullors, the former leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, tells The Associated Press that neither she nor anyone else in leadership has misused millions of dollars in donations.

Oct 8, 2022 · Properties reportedly belonging to BLM founder Patrisse Cullors. black lives matter. Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors' million-dollar ...
Patrisse Cullors, 39, the former leader of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, recently spent tens of thousands of dollars renovating her $1.4M home in LA’s Topanga Canyon.

Apr 10, 2021 · “Patrisse Cullors is the Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF). She serves in this role in a volunteer ...
As protests broke out across the country in the name of Black Lives Matter, the group’s co-founder went on a real estate buying binge, snagging four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the US …

May 26, 2023 · Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has been quietly let go from her Warner Bros TV deal after producing no content.
Patrisse Cullors, 39, signed a deal with Warner Bros in 2020 and the deal ended in October 2022. A source said: 'The deal, unfortunately, did not result in any produced shows.'

May 27, 2021 · “We needed her,” said Melina Abdullah, who leads BLM Grassroots and co-founded, with Cullors, BLM's first-ever official chapter in Los Angeles.
Patrisse Cullors says ‘right-wing attacks’ nor criticism from Black organisers are reasons for her departure.

Jan 11, 2023 · Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has claimed the Los Angeles Police Department is responsible for her cousin's death during a ...
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has accused the Los Angeles Police Department of killing her cousin during a traffic stop.

May 17, 2022 · BLM co-founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Ay Tometi had pledged to build a decentralized organization governed by the consensus of BLM ...
Newly released tax filings revealed how Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors used charity funds to pay her friends and family large sums for various 'consulting' services.

Jan 13, 2022 · Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, stepped down in May before seeking treatment for PTSD. “I'm in this ...
Her work with Black Lives Matter reignited the struggle for Black liberation, but it also made her a target for threats and abuse.

May 28, 2021 · Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors to step down from movement foundation ... A co-founder of Black Lives Matter announced Thursday ...
Patrisse Cullors, who has led the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation for nearly six years, is leaving to focus on other projects.

Jan 13, 2023 · A cousin of the Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors died hours after he was repeatedly tasered and restrained in the street by Los ...
Keenan Anderson was repeatedly tasered by LA police following a traffic accident.