United States, Artist 1984
Patrisse Cullors is an African-American artist and activist from Los Angeles, an advocate for prison abolition in Los Angeles and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. She also identifies as a queer activist.
Also known as Activist
I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.
I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
Since his inauguration, Trump has signed numerous executive orders that negatively impact poor, black and brown, queer, Muslim, and other communities.
We should be developing spaces and places that are thinking about how we care for the group vs. asking the individual to take care of themselves.
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