Following Spring Valley video, Black Lives Matter NYC launches protest campaign | The Daily Dot
By Deron Dalton Organizers of Black Lives Matter want black girls to know the organization stands up for them and their safety. The New York City chapter is launching a national call of action and campaign for every black girl in the U.S. The “Every Black Girl” campaign is a response to a video released Monday depicting former […]
What Black Lives Matter really wants from 2016 presidential candidates | The Daily Dot
By Deron Dalton Thus far, the presidential debates have barely mentioned Black Lives Matter, and the movement is now petitioning for that to change. The Black Lives Matter network recently sent out a call to the Democratic National Committee for a Democratic presidential debate focused solely on racial justice policies. “It is not enough to poll […]
How 4 Black Lives Matter activists handle queerness and trans issues | The Daily Dot
By Deron Dalton Black Lives Matter is about far more than just police violence. The network—a growing international organization with 26 local chapters in three countries—faces many misconceptions, co-optation, racist trolls, counter-narrative arguments—and, sometimes, its own communities. And yet, it upholds a mission to be explicitly intersectional, leading to a movement that mobilizes for all black lives and advocates for an array […]
The Black Lives Matter guide to racist trolls | The Daily Dot
By Deron Dalton Patrisse Cullors doesn’t respond to trolls often—not for the lack of opportunity. Cullors co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi in 2013, after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The events of the past few years, as Black Lives Matter rose to prominence following the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, have made her and […]
Inside the grassroots effort to track police violence in the U.S. | The Daily Dot
By Deron Dalton In the era of Big Data and online advertising, when virtually every aspect of our lives is recorded, one key bit of data has been conspicuously absent: The number of Americans killed by police. Until now. After former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August 2014, government agencies, like the FBI, CDC and Bureau […]
What is social journalism, really? How I’m applying it to Black Lives Matter | BLK Social Journalist via Medium
By Deron Dalton You might think social journalism is the same as social media, but not exactly! Quite frankly, I’m tired of people thinking that they are equivalent, although it’s an understandable misconception. CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s defining M.A. in social journalism program should be the industry’s standard. As a member of the inaugural class, I’m here […]
Remember the Black women who died from police brutality | MadameNoire
Rekia Boyd, 22, was shot in the back of her head when Dante Servin, an off-duty police officer, shot into a crowd five times on March 22, 2012 in Chicago. She died two days later. Servin claimed Boyd’s friend Antonio Cross pulled out an object from his pocket and pointed it at him. Servin thought […]
Updated: Black Lives Matter means Black trans women victims and leaders too | MadameNoire
Penny Proud, 21, became the fifth Black transgender woman murdered in the U.S. earlier this year, sparking outrage. People took to social media to express their frustration using popular hashtags like #BlackTransLivesMatter and #MakePennyProud. Proud was found dead Tuesday, Feb. 10 in New Orleans with multiple gunshot wounds, receiving little mainstream attention. “If you know a trans woman […]
The Three Women Behind The Black Lives Matter Movement | MadameNoire
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi co-founded the Black Lives Matter Movement when George Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. They created the hashtag, which spread like wildfire. “This isn’t the beginning of a movement, this is the continuation of a struggle that’s been happening for at least 400 years,” […]
Photos: Stop Mass Incarceration Network protests NYPD, police brutality in US | BLK Social Journalist via Medium
By Deron Dalton Check out more photos from the protest via BLK Social Journalist on Medium.