[2] She also received an MFA from USC. [30], Cullors identifies as queer. [1], Cullors was born in Los Angeles, California. [29], Asked whether she believed in violence as a method of protest, she has said that she believes in "direct action, but nonviolent direct action", and that this was also the belief of the Black Lives Matter movement. [23], Cullors defines herself as an prison, police and "militarization" abolitionist,[24] a position she says is inspired by "a legacy of black-led anti-colonial struggle in the United States and throughout the Americas". [9] She also teaches in the Master's Arts in Social Justice and Community Organizing at Prescott College. A journalist who interviewed her for Rolling Stone noted that Cullors turns to art "as a complimentary form of resistance-building." Over the weekend, Black Lives Matter (BLM) founder Patrisse Cullors confirmed that one of the radical groups goals is to remove President Donald Trump from the White House, stressing that voting him out in November is not good enough and that he should resign right now. If youre with us, add your name to the petition right now and help us spread the word.. In the What We Believe section of the official BLM site, the organization calls for the national defunding of police and for the disruption of the nuclear family. We actually do have an ideological frame, responded Cullors, myself and Alicia, in particular, are trained organizers., We are trained Marxists, she added. "The Role of Spirit in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement: A Conversation with Activist and Artist Patrisse Cullors". One is black feminists such as Audre Lorde and her "Black, queer, feminist lens",[24] as well as bell hooks: both "helped [her] understand [her] identity". He is not fit for office. She has served as executive director of the Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in L.A. Frantz Fanon is another inspiration, his "work on colonial violence in Algeria and across the Third World [making] timely connections" for the understanding of the context in which Black people live across the world. [19], In February 2020, she co-endorsed Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. "[17], In 2017, she said that the movement would not meet with United States president Donald Trump just as it wouldn't have met with Adolf Hitler, as Trump "is literally the epitome of evil, all the evils of this country be it racism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia."[18][19]. She told an interviewer in 2015 that "seeking spirituality had a lot to do with trying to seek understanding about my conditionshow these conditions shape me in my everyday life and how I understand them as part of a larger fight, a fight for my life. [24], She cites the activist and formerly incarcerated Weather Underground member Eric Mann, as her mentor during her early activist years at the Bus Riders Union of Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/T6mLZ11cEv, The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 19, 2020, BLM founder Patrisse Cullors, reassuring an old communist that she understands that the goal is to destroy freedom: were trained Marxists. pic.twitter.com/x8sljI05Av, David Reaboi (@davereaboi) June 20, 2020, Related:OOPS: Millions Mistakenly Raised For Black Lives Matter Charity That Connects Cops ToCommunities. [27] She cites Angela Davis for her "political theories and reflections on anticapitalist movements around the world", her work towards "a broader antiracist and antiwar movement", and her fight against white supremacy in the US. Now, which debuted at Highways Performance Space She also teaches in the Nigerian religious tradition If! She also received an MFA from USC End Sheriff Violence in L.A. 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