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Activist, writer. Known for. Black Lives Matter, Black Alliance for Just Immigration. Website. www .opaltometi .org. 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]
- August 15, 1984 (age 39)
- Activist, writer
- American
Sep 24, 2020 · Photograph: Bethany Mollenkof/The Guardian. Seven years ago Tometi helped to create what is possibly the biggest protest movement in US history. She explains what the critics of BLM get wrong,...
Heralded as a feminist freedom-fighter in the U.S. and now a global icon, Ayọ (Formerly Known As, Opal) Tometi is one of the most influential human rights leaders of our time. As one of the three women co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, her name is etched in American history.
Feb 10, 2018 · 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.
A sociologist examines the so-called pillars of whiteness that prevent white Americans from confronting racism. The Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi on what it would mean to defund...
Opal Tometi. BLM co-founder. The BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US...
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.
