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Ayọ Tometi. Ayọ Tometi (born August 15, 1984), formerly known as Opal Tometi, is an American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer. [2] She is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter (BLM). [3] She is the former executive director of the United States' first national immigrant rights organization for people of ...
Jun 3, 2020 · Isaac Chotiner talks with Opal Tometi, a co-founder of the social-justice movement Black Lives Matter, about what the protests across the country and the globe in response to the death of George ...
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Dec 22, 2020 · Like many others, Opal Tometi, an American activist who had long fought for civil rights, was brought to tears by the news. She had a 14-year-old brother, who she feared could meet the same fate.
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Jun 2, 2015 · Opal Tometi: There was a call to action with the group of people that we had been working with called BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity). Within this formation Alicia basically said, “Hey, we need to come together to understand this moment and provide some shared guidance, a reading, as well as a call to action for our people.”.
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Feb 10, 2018 · Opal Tometi (1984- ) Writer , activist, and immigration rights advocate Opal Tometi is best known as one of the three founders of the Black Lives Matter movement . Tometi, born in 1984 to Nigerian parents who had illegally immigrated to the United States, grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and is the oldest of three children.
May 25, 2021 · Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi reflects on what has really changed since Floyd’s tragic murder. On 25 May 2020, the world changed forever after George Floyd was brutally murdered by a ...
Nov 30, 2020 · Garza and her BLM co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, spoke as part of the BBC 100 Women Masterclass 2020, a digital live event of masterclasses, big interviews and guests on 30 November.
