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Protest is best used when it's part of a strategy that involves escalating tactics that build pressure on targets.
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There is no separation between the black community and the LGBT community. As a black, queer woman myself, I often have to assert, right, that it's not one or the other but that I am all of these things.
Alicia Garza
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I have a lot of respect for President Obama, and while I deeply disagree with some of his actions or lack of action on issues I care about, I still recognize the significance of the first black presidency and the challenges that come with that.
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Certainly, we have to make sure our police forces do not have weapons of mass destruction with which they can terrorize our communities.
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Black Trans Lives Matter, to me, is really different. I think it speaks most directly to the marginalization and disenfranchisement of trans people within the black community.
Alicia Garza -
The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all aspects of life, including housing, employment, and public accommodations.
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I've learned much more about politics than I thought I ever would.
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There has to be a readjustment of resources that is being diverted to police and policing as opposed to community health services, and there certainly has to be control over the police by the communities that they are supposed to protect and serve.
Alicia Garza
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What it takes to get people from liking and sharing and retweeting to organising is a hard and long process. Technology has really changed the game in terms of how people participate and what they decide to participate in.
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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.
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The best advice I ever got as an organizer was that if you can organize your family, you're a good organizer.
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'Socialism' became this weird household word partially because right-wingers call Obama a socialist, which he is the farthest from.
Alicia Garza