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    Alicia Garza ( née Schwartz; born January 4, 1981) is an American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement. She is a recognized advocate for social and racial justice, with a particular focus on issues affecting marginalized communities, including Black women, LGBTQ+ people, and immigrants.

  2. Oct 18, 2020 · Sunday Morning. Alicia Garza on the origin of Black Lives Matter. October 18, 2020 / 9:26 AM EDT / CBS News. This summer the Black Lives Matter movement took center stage, from...

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  3. Oct 24, 2020 · Alicia Garza, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, reflects on her past two decades of activism, the upcoming election and her new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We...

  4. Jul 8, 2020 · July 08, 2020. • 5 min read. When Alicia Garza wrote “Black lives matter” in a Facebook post nearly seven years ago, the activist from Oakland, California, never imagined that those words...

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  5. Alicia is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. The Black Lives Matter Global Network now has 40 chapters in four countries.

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  7. Alicia Garza. Alicia believes that Black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. An innovator, strategist, organizer, and cheeseburger enthusiast, Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics.

  8. In 2013, Garza was a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, an activist movement focused on campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards African Americans. Garza joined the National Domestic Workers Alliance in Oakland, California as its director of special projects.

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