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Sep 16, 2015 · Sanders on Wednesday met with a number of prominent Black Lives Matter activists, including DeRay Mckesson, Johnetta Elzie, Samuel Sinyangwe and Brittany Packnett, all of whom are on the Campaign Zero planning team and are affiliated with the group We the Protesters. Many of the activists rose to prominence during the protests in Ferguson ...
Nov 19, 2015 · DeRay Mckesson, a founder of Campaign Zero, has been focusing much of his energy on trying to organize Black Lives Matter-themed forums for Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.
Black Lives Matter is a phrase, and notably a hashtag, used to highlight racism, discrimination and inequality experienced by black people. Its use grew in the US after high-profile killings by ...
Aug 3, 2016 · A New List of Demands Clouds Its Message. The demands read like recycled Bernie Sanders campaign literature, hitting everything from climate change to bank regulation — but barely touching policing. On August 1, the “Movement for Black Lives” (an umbrella organization for about 50 groups associated with the Black Lives Matter movement ...
Aug 24, 2015 · Last week, several Black Lives Matter-affiliated activists published their demands for police reform on a website called Campaign Zero.The publication follows protests staged during rallies for United States presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders, where activists have been asking the political hopefuls to address racial disparities in the American criminal ...
The Black Lives Matter Movement is a global social and activist movement that was created to campaign against the institutionalized racism towards black people, especially with regards to police brutality. The movement is inclusive of all black identities, including but not limited to queer, trans, disable, and undocumented black people; all ...
Sep 19, 2015 · Black Lives Matter recently launched “Project Zero,” a policy agenda they are pushing for the 2016 candidates to adopt. ... But Campaign Zero’s policy memo includes clauses like the need to ...
